BUREAU OF ENTOMOLOGY AND PLANT QUARANTINE 121 
CERTIFICATION FOR EXPORT 
Ar the beginning of the year certain changes were made in the organization 
of the export-certification service. Two supervisors were designated, one for 
the western area and the other for the eastern area, for the purpose of co- 
ordinating the shipping-point inspections. This arrangement has already re- 
sulted in a more uniform application of existing standards of inspection, as is 
reflected by the decreased number of rejections of American fruit in foreign 
markets. 
There was a decided increase in export certification over the preceding fiscal 
year. A total of 9,099 certificates, representing 3,740,495 containers of plants 
and plant products, were issued to meet the sanitary requirements of foreign 
countries. This represents an increase of 2,192, or 32 percent, in the number 
of certificates issued, and 948,466, or 34 percent, in the number of containers 
certified for export. 
Certificates were issued at 29 ports, covering 59 different commodities which 
were exported to 65 foreign countries or possessions. A few of the more im- 
portant commodities inspected and certified were : Apples, 3,007 shipments, con- 
sisting of 1,707,428 boxes, 66.6S7 barrels, and 89,664 baskets ; oranges, 595 ship- 
ments, consisting of 346.844 boxes ; pears, 1,096 shipments, consisting of 622,006 
boxes ; potatoes, 1,514 shipments, consisting of 575,899 bags, 22,137 barrels, and 
3.216 crates ; miscellaneous fruits and vegetables, 1,436 shipments, consisting of 
85,745 containers. 
The certification of apples and pears was conducted cooperatively with the 
Bureau of Agricultural Economics. 
U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE: 1936 
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