54 BUREAU OF ENTOMOLOGY AND PLANT QUARANTINE [April-June 
Special Orders, Decrees, and Laws Governing the Importation of Plant 
Material 
The Government of the Dominican Republic controls the importation of plants 
and plant products by the following special orders, decrees, and law, under the 
authority of law no. 938. These are arranged as nearly as practicable in 
chronological sequence. 
Products Whose Importation is Restricted or Prohibited 
importation of cottonseed prohibited except from the united states 
Executive Order No. 80, of September 17, 1917, prescribes that : The importa- 
tion of cottonseed into the Dominican Republic is at present prohibited, except 
from the United States. Cottonseed from that country must be certified by the 
Bureau of Entomology and Plant Quarantine of the United States Department 
of Agriculture as being free from contagious organisms and insect pests. No 
cottonseed that is not so certified will be permitted to enter the Dominican 
Republic. This action is taken to prevent the introduction of contagious plant 
diseases and of insect pests from foreign countries. 
Executive Order No. 508, of June 2, 1920, amends order no. 80 by prescribing 
that cottonseed may not be imported from the United States unless it is also 
accompanied by a certificate issued by the United States Bureau of Entomology 
and Plant Quarantine affirming that the seed proceeds from a district not 
infested by the boll weevil (Anthonomus grandis Boh.). 
IMPORTATION PROHIBITED OF COCONUTS FROM PUERTO RICO 
Executive Order No. 4, of June 10, 1919, prescribes that : 
Article 1. Owing to the existence in Puerto Rico of the bud-rot disease 
(Phi/toplithora palmivora Butler) of the coconut palm, the importation of 
coconuts from that island into the Dominican Republic is for the present 
prohibited. 
Art. 2. To protect the domestic coconut palm cultures, no species of coconut 
may be imported from any other place or country without previous authorization 
by the Department. 
IMPORTATION OF EMPTY SACKS RESTRICTED OR PROHIBITED 
Decree No. 203, of July 16, 1925, as amended by no. 1224 of November 19, 1929, 
and no. 310 of January 5, 1932, to prevent the introduction of diseases and insect 
pests injurious to agriculture, prescribes that : 
Article 1. The introduction into the territory of the Republic is prohibited of 
any kind of empty sacks which have contained fruits and plant products, as 
well as of material derived from such used sacks. 
Art. 2. Any such sacks, or material derived therefrom, imported in contra- 
vention of this decree will be held by the customs for reexportation or burning 
within 7 days of the date of arrival, at the expense of the importer. 
Provided, that new sacks, which were used for the first time for the exporta- 
tion of maize (decree no. 1224 of Nov. 19, 1929), or starch (decree no. 310 of 
Jan. 5, 1932), in quantity equal to those exported, and under a mark registered 
by the Department, which permits their identification, may be imported if 
accompanied by a fumigation certificate issued by competent authority. 
PERMIT REQUIRED TO IMPORT SUGARCANE 
Decree no. 494 of July 26, 1926, prescribes that a permit be obtained from the 
Secretary of Agriculture of the Dominican Republic to import sugarcane. 
POTATO REGULATIONS 
Importation from certain countries prohibited. — Decree no. 971 of June 8, 
1928, as amended by decree no. 1079 of December 31, 1928, and no. 822 of 
September 12, 1933, to prevent the introduction of potato wart (Synehytrium 
enddbioticum (Schilb.) Pore), and Colorado beetle {Lcptinotarsa decemlmeata 
Say), prescribes that: 
