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uct constituted, in whole or in part, of plant material which has not been so 
manufactured or processed as to eliminate pest risk. 
(b) Restricted. — Importation into the United States allowed only in accordance 
with regulations issued under plant quarantines or orders. 
(c) Prohibited. — Importation into the United States forbidden by plant quar- 
antines or orders. 
(d) Immediate (export), immediate (transportation and exportation). — The 
period which, in the judgment of the inspector, is the shortest practicable inter- 
val of time between the arrival of an incoming vessel, aircraft, or land vehicle, 
and the departure of the outgoing vessel, aircraft, or land vehicle transporting 
a consignment of restricted or prohibited plants and plant products. 
{e) Vessel. — Any craft in which plants and plant products may be tiansported 
by water. 
(/) Aircraft. — Any vehicle in which plants and plant products may be trans- 
ported by air. 
(g) Vehicle. — Any contrivance which may be used for the transportation of 
plants and plant products on land. 
(h) Safeguard. — So to handle, maintain, or dispose of plants and plant prod- 
ucts falling within the categories to which these regulations apply as to minimize 
or to eliminate pest risk which the said plants and plant products may involve. 
(i) Inspector. — Any employee of the United States Department of Agriculture 
authorized by the Secretary of Agriculture to enforce the provisions of the plant 
quarantine act and furnished with and wearing a suitable identifying badge. 
(J) Person. — Imports both the singular and the plural, as the case demands, 
and shall include corporations, companies, societies, and associations (sec. 11 of 
the act). 
(k) Act.— The plant quarantine act of August 20, 1912 (37 Stat. 315), as 
amended. 
ENTRY FOR EXPORTATION OR FOR TRANSPORTATION AND EXPORTATION 
Regulation 1. Permits for Landing or Unloading for Exportation or 
for Transportation and Exportation 
The landing or unloading for exportation, or for transportation and exporta- 
tion, of plants and plant products, whose entry is now, or may hereafter be, re 
stricted or prohibited, shall not be allowed, except under permit and at such 
port of entry and over such route as shall be designated in the permit. 
Regulation 2. Application for Permit 
Persons contemplating the landing or unloading of restricted or prohibited 
plants and plant products for exportation, or for transportation and exporta- 
tion, should apply to the Bureau of Plant Quarantine, Department of Agricul- 
ture, Washington, D. C., 7 for a permit, stating: 
(1) Exact nature and quantity of the plants and plant products. 
(2) Country 8 and locality in which grown or produced. 
(3) Name and address of foreign shipper. 
(4) Foreign port of departure. 
(5) Name of transportation line (water, air, rail, vehicular) bringing the 
plants and plant products to the United States. 
(6) Port of arrival in the United States. 
(7) Proposed routing to United States port of exit. 
(8) Proposed United States port of exit. 
Regulation 3. Issuance of Permits 9 
On approval of an application, a permit will be issued to the permittee for 
submittal to the collector of customs at the port of entry. 10 
* Application form No. 685 will be furnished on request. 
* This is not necessarily the same as the country in which the foreign port of departure is located The 
need is emphasized of indicating the country in which the products were actually grown. 
* Entries of this character are usually handled by customs brokers or by forwarding agents to whom a 
permit will be issued upon approval of an application. 
10 In addition to the copy furnished to the permittee, or to his agent, for presentation to the customs officer 
at the United States port of arrival, a copy of the permit will be mailed to the collector of customs, one to 
the inspector of the Bureau of Plant Quarantine at the port, and the fourth will be filed with the application. 
