SERVICE AND REGULATORY ANNOUNCEMENTS H\ 
respective organization. (Decree No. 1128, July 1, 1931.) Otherwise, the im- 
portation of sugarcane seed is strictly prohibited. (Decree No. 3067, Decem- 
ber 16, 1936.) 
General Regulations 
[Abstracts from Decree No. 1128, July 1, 1931; Diario Oficial, July 17, 1931] 
PHYTOSANITARY CERTIFICATE REQUIRED 
Article 1. All trees, fruits, plants, bulbs, seeds, banana slips, and unmanu- 
factured plant products introduced into Colombia must be accompanied by a 
certificate issued by a phytopathologist or entomologist of the government of 
the country of origin, or by the person who has the required authority, in 
which it is affirmed that such products are free from diseases or pests harmful 
to agriculture. These certificates shall be visaed by the respective consular 
agents of Colombia or of a friendly nation, if there is no Colombian agent in 
the place of origin. 
According to an undated circular published in Boletin Agricola, Medellin, 
Colombia, No. 227, p. 930, 1937, by the Seccion de Sanidad Vegetal, any person 
who desires to introduce into Colombia plant material for propagation (seeds, 
slips, cuttings, branches, fruits, roots, tubers, bulbs, rhizomes, stocks, etc.) is 
required to make a preliminary application on stamped paper to the Depart- 
ment of Agriculture and Commerce, for the necessary import permit. 
The importer must present with the certificate the original import permit in 
order to verify the importation. The imported product will be subjected to 
strict inspection by Sanidad Vegetal at the port of entry, whether importation 
is made by sea, rail, air, or mail. 
UNCERTIFIED PLANTS NOT ADMITTED 
Permission is not granted for the introduction of plants remaining in custom- 
houses of Colombia if not accompanied by a phytosanitary certificate of the 
country of origin, or of those which in the opinion of the agricultural inspector 
of the plant protection service constitute a danger of propagating diseases in 
the interior of the country. 
SUGARCANE FOR SCIENTIFIC PURPOSES 
Article 1, par. 2. Relates to sugarcane seed. See that item under "Impor- 
tation Restricted" in the summary. 
RECISTER OF CERTIFIED EXFORT FIRMS 
Art. 2. The Department of Agriculture of the Ministry of Industries will 
open a register in which will be listed alphabetically and in such detail as may 
be necessary, persons, firms, or commercial entities that send garden seeds, 
plants, and flowers, duly certified by the appropriate authorities of the country 
of origin. 
Art. 3. There may enter into Colombia without meeting the requirements 
of article 1, vegetable, plant, and flower' seeds in labeled packages with health 
certificates from a commercial house registered in the Department of Agri- 
culture, in accordance with regulations that the Department may promulgate. 
AUTHORIZED PORTS OF ENTRY 
Art. 4. Material for plant propagation may be imported into Colombia 
through the ports and frontiers of Puerto Colombia, Buenaventura, Cartagena, 
Cucuta, and Ipiales. 
IMPORTATION OF PLANTS FOR SCIENTIFIC PURPOSES 
Art. 5. Federal experiment stations and experiment farms of the Depart- 
ment may import through the Department of Agriculture and with its approval, 
without the certificate prescribed by article 1. any tree, plant, or part thereof, 
needed for experiments in those establishments. However, if on inspection at 
the customs some pest or disease should be found, the said materials must be 
destroyed. 
