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SERVICE AND REGULATORY ANNOUNCEMENTS 
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B. E. P. Q. 426 (superseding B. P. Q. 357). 
PLANT-QUARANTINE IMPORT RESTRICTIONS, REPUBLIC OF ARGENTINA 
March 15, 1937. 
This summarj' of the plant-quarantine import restrictions of the Republic of 
Argentina has been prepared for the information of nurserymen, plant-quaran- 
tine oflScials, and others interested in the exportation of plants and plant 
products to that country. 
In view of the fact that all the effective phytosanitary legislation of Argentina 
has been assembled, coordinated, and promulgated as Decree No. 83732 of June 
3, 1936, it became necessary to revise Circular B. P. Q. 357 to conform to that 
decree. This was done by Harry B. Shaw, plant quarantine inspector in charge, 
foreign information service, Division of Foreign Quarantines, from his transla- 
tion of the original text of the said decree, and reviewed by the Argentine 
Port Plant Inspection Service, Phytosanitary Division, Ministry of Agriculture 
(Inspeccion Portuaria de Vegetales, Direccion de Sanidad Vegetal, Ministerio 
de Agricultura). 
The information contained in this circular is believed to be correct and com- 
plete up to the time of preparation, but it is not intended to be used inde- 
pendently of, nor as a substitute for, the original text of the decree, and it is 
not to be interpreted as legally authoritative. The decree itself should be 
consulted for the exact text. 
Lee a. Stbong, 
Chief, Bureau of Entomology and Plant Quarantine. 
PLANT-QUARANTINE IMPORT RESTRICTIONS, REPUBLIC OF ARGENTINA 
Basic Legislation 
Law No. 4084. July 3, 1902, authorizes the Executive of the Argentine Re- 
public to permit the importation of plants and seeds through such ports as 
he may designate. Plants and seeds, prior to entry, are subject to inspection 
and, when necessary, to disinfection or destruction, as established by the 
regulations. 
Summary 
importation prohibited 
Banana plants or stools (Mtisa spp. ) : Importation prohibited as a precau- 
tion against the introduction of the Panama wilt disease {Fusarium cubense 
E. F. Sm.) and other diseases of the banana. (Art. 33, p. 10.) 
Corn {Zea mays L.) : Importation prohibited of plants and parts thereof in 
the ear, silk, husk stages, etc., and of the straw of Guinea grass (Panicum max- 
imum Jacq.) intended for industrial purposes or as raw material for packing, 
as a precaution against the introduction of the European corn borer {Pyrausta 
nuUlalis Hbn.). (Art. 54, p. 21.) 
Cottonseed of the species Gossypium harMdense and Gossypium peruviamum: 
Introduction into the Territory of Chaco not permitted, as a precaution against 
the introduction of the cotton boll weevil (Anthonomus yrandis Boh.). (Art. 
41 (e), p. 14.) This regulation apparently is designed also to restrict the types 
of cottonseed that may be introduced, that is, with respect to length of staple. 
IMPORTATION PROHIBITED 
Forage-crop seeds — gramineous and leguminous: Importation of adulterated 
and inferior seeds prohibited to maintain the grade and purity of the seed. 
(Art. 42, p. 15.) 
Guavas (Psidiuin guajava L.) : Importation of the fruit prohibited. (Art. 
86 (g), p. 12.) 
Mixtures of grass seeds for forage crops, pastures, lawns, or turf : Importa- 
tion prohibited. (Art. 45 (g), V- 17.) 
Johnson grass seeds {Sorghum halepense (L.) Pers.) and any other seeds 
that contain Johnson grass seeds: Importation prohibited. (Art. 46, p. 17.) 
