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Follow-Up Questions to the June 29, 1994, Hearing on Log Imports 

 Prepared by the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service 



1. Please provide data on the shipments of logs that have entered the United States 

 under the interim rules established for Chile and New Zealand. 



2. Please provide data on the relationship between increased imports and increased 

 occurrence of pathogens. 



A definite relationship between increased imports and increased occurrence of pathogens is 

 difficult to determine. We maintain statistics on inspections and interceptions but correlation 

 is difficult to indicate or prove. The following information on inspections and interceptions 

 is provided for 4 recent fiscal years: 



