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IMPORTATION RESTRICTED 
Certificate of Origin Required 
Fruits and vegetables from the British Isles. British West Indies, Canada, 
and the United States of America (Sec. 1 (e), Proclamation No. 32 of 11)30 as 
amended by Proclamation No. 29 of 1932). 
Pineapples (Ananas sativus Schult.), yams (Dioscorea .saliva L.), sweet- 
potatoes (Ipomoea batatas Poir.), tannia or tanya, eddo, dasheen (Colocasia 
esculenta Schott) : May be imported from British Guiana if accompanied by a 
certificate of origin (Proclamation No. 21, April 1, 1932). 
Apples and pears from New Zealand: A certificate of origin required 
Proclamations Nos. 10 and 31 of 1936). 
Import Permit in Advance Required 
Plants, seeds, cuttings, or other parts of: 
Citrus spp. 
Sugarcane (Saccharum offieiuarNm L.). 
Coffee (Coffea spp.) 
Banana and plantain (Musa spp.) 
Cacao (Theobroma cacao L.) 
Coconut (Cocos nucifera L.) 
Hevea spp. 
To prevent the introduction of the Mediterranean fruit fly (Ceratitis capitata 
Wied.), the coffee berry borer (Stephanoderes (coffeae) hampei Ilagedorn), 
Panama disease (Fa. sari am cubense E. F. Sm.), witches'-broom disease 
(Marasmius perniciosus Stahel), Monilia disease, cacao beetle (Steirastoma 
depressum L.), budrot (Phytophthora palmivora Butler), little-leaf disease, 
Gru-gru beetle or palm weevil (RJiynchophorus palmarum L.) rhinoceros beetle 
(Strategus alocus L.), and any other injurious pests and diseases (Sec. 2, 
Proclamation No. 32 of 1930). 
IMPORTATION UNRESTRICTED 
Plantains (Musa spp.), nuts, dried, canned, candied or otherwise processed 
fruits, onions (Allium spp.), potatoes (Solanum tuberosum L.), or other 
processed vegetables (Sec. 1 (d), Proclamation No. 32 of 1930). 
General Regulations 
[Proclamation No. 32, July 11, 1930] 
AUTHORIZED PORTS OF ENTRY 
Plant material, except that imported by mail, shall be declared as such 
to the customs in Port-of-Spain, San Fernando, or Scarborough, as the case may 
be, which shall be the only ports authorized for the entry of such material. 
INSPECTION AND IMPORT PERMIT REQUIRED 
The customs will detain all imported plant material until the Director of 
Agriculture or an authorized officer has issued a permit for such material to 
be brought into the colony, or has authorized it to be otherwise disposed of. 
The Postmaster General will deliver any mail package received from abroad 
containing any plant material to the Director of Agriculture for inspection. 
PLANT MATERIAL FOR TOBAGO 
Plant material landed at Port-of-Spain from abroad and intended for trans- 
shipment to Tobago shall be dealt with as material imported through Port-of- 
Spain. 
IMPORTATION FOR SCIENTIFIC PURPOSES 
The Director of Agriculture may permit the importation into the Colony of 
plant material or soil from any source for scientific purposes by, or on behalf 
