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BUREAU OF ENTOMOLOGY AND PLANT QUARANTINE [Jan. -March 
that country. It includes the regulations of chapters I and II of Brazilian decree 
No. 24114 of April 12, 1934, pertaining to the importation of plants and plant 
products (superseding decree No. 15189 of Dec. 21, 1921, and those of the resolu- 
tion of Nov. 19, 1934). 
The summary was compiled by Harry B. Shaw, Plant Quarantine Inspector 
in charge of Foreign Service Information of the Division of Foreign Plant 
Quarantines, from his translations of the original texts, and reviewed by Ing. 
Agron. Eugenio G. Bruck, Assistant, Brazilian Plant Protection Service (Servigo 
de Defesa Sanitaria Vegetal). 
The information contained in this circular is believed to be correct and com- 
plete up to the time of publication, but it is not intended to be used independently 
of, nor as a substitute for, the original texts of the decrees, and it is not to be 
interpreted as legally authoritative. The decrees themselves should be consulted 
for the exact texts. 
Lee A. Strong, 
Chief, Bureau of Entomology and Plant Quarantine. 
PLANT-QUARANTINE IMPORT RESTRICTIONS, REPUBLIC OF BRAZIL 
Basic Legislation 
Decree No. 14356, September 15, 1920 (Art. 10), Regulations of the Biological 
Institute of Agricultural Protection. 
Decree No. 15189, December 21, 1921, Regulations of the Plant Protection 
Service. 
Decree No. 24114, April 12, 1934, Regulations of the Plant Protection Service. 
Concise Summary 
importation, commerce, transit, and exportation prohibited 
(Decree No. 24114, of Apr. 12, 1934, art. 1, p. 3) 
Plants and parts of plants including stocks, scions, cuttings, layers, fruits, 
seeds, roots, tubers, bulbs, rhizomes, leaves, and flowers, if they are carriers of 
injurious diseases and pests. 
Live insects, mites, nematodes, and other harmful plant parasites, in any stage 
of development. 
Cultures of bacteria, and fungi injurious to plants. 
Cases, boxes, sacks, or other packing materials that may have served for the 
transportation of the products named in this article. 
Soils, composts, or plant products ihat may contain cryptogams, insects, or 
other harmful plant parasites in any stage of development, whether or not they 
accompany live plants. 
IMPORTATION PROHIBITED FROM ALL COUNTRIES 
(Resolution of Nov. 19, 1934, art. 1, p. 10) 
Banana (Musa spp.) : Seedlings and pseudo-bulbs (bits). 
Cocoa (Theobroma cacao L.) : Stocks, fruits, and seeds. 
Coffee (Coffea spp.) : Stocks berries, and seeds; seedlings of other Rubiaceae. 
Cottonseed and seed cotton (Gossypium spp). 
Rutaceae: Including stocks, seeds, and buds of the genera Citrus, Ponclrus, 
Fortunella, Evodia, Melicopc, Casimoroa, and Toddalia. 
Sugarcane {Saccharum officinarum L.) : Seedlings, cuttings, and seeds. 
IMPORTATION PROHIBITED FROM PARTICULAR COUNTRIES 
Eucalyptus: Seeds and stocks produced in Argentina, Australia, New Zealand, 
and the Union of South Africa. 
IMPORTATION RESTRICTED 
Plants and plant products otherwise prohibited may be imported by the Ministry 
of Agriculture for experimental purposes. (Decree No. 24114, Apr. 12, 1934, art. 
1(2); Resolution of Nov. 19, 1934, art. 1(1).) See p. 10. 
