The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service is proposing to allow importation from Taiwan of orchids of the genus Dendrobium in approved growing media, subject to certain growing, inspection and certification requirements, it said (here), Currently, Dendrobium orchid plants can only be imported into the U.S. from Taiwan as bare root plant, APHIS said. Comments are due Dec. 27.
The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service is amending its regulations to clarify certificate requirements for exports of animals (other than livestock), animal semen, animal embryos, hatching eggs, other embryonated eggs or gametes, in a final rule (here). If the importing country requires “an export health certificate endorsed by the competent veterinary authority of the United States,” these products will only be eligible for export if they have an export health certificate endorsed by APHIS, the agency said. Its recently amended regulations only specified that the export health certificate be endorsed by the “competent veterinary authority” of the U.S. (see 1601200011), causing some confusion over which U.S. agency must endorse it, APHIS said.
On Oct. 24 the Foreign Agricultural Service posted the following GAIN reports:
On Oct. 21 the Foreign Agricultural Service posted the following GAIN reports:
The Department of Agriculture's Commodity Credit Corporation announced Special Import Quota #5 for upland cotton will be established on Oct. 27, allowing importation of 14,034,414 kilograms (64,459 bales) (here). It will apply to upland cotton purchased not later than Jan. 24, 2017, and entered into the U.S. by April 24, 2017. The quota is equivalent to one week's consumption of cotton by domestic mills at the seasonally adjusted average rate for the period June through August, the most recent three months for which data are available.
On Oct. 20 the Foreign Agricultural Service posted the following GAIN reports:
The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service announced changes Oct. 18-19 to Plant Protection and Quarantine (PPQ) electronic manuals. While some changes are minor, other changes may affect the admissibility of the plant products, including fruits, vegetables and flowers.
On Oct. 19 the Foreign Agricultural Service posted the following GAIN reports:
On Oct. 18 the Foreign Agricultural Service posted the following GAIN reports:
On Oct. 17 the Foreign Agricultural Service posted the following GAIN reports: