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IMPORTATION BY AIR 
3. Wo plant shall be imported into India by air; provided that plants 
which are infested vith living insects and are intended for the introduc- 
tion of such living insects may be so imported if they are accompanied "by a 
special certificate from the Head of Division of Entomology , Indian 
Agricultural Research Institute, that euch plants are imported for the pur- 
pose of introducing such insects, 
PRESS NOT£S- -RULES REGARDING PLANT IMPORTS 
(Despatch 9^8, 11/2/51. Ameabassy, New Delhi) 
Under the existing rules the import of the following Q^eds by air is 
restricted? 
(1) The import of Eevea rubber seeds is prohibited from America and 
West Indies except cy the Director of Agriculture, Madras. 
(ii) The import of seeds of flax, berseem, cotton, and Mexican Jumping 
beans is prohibited. 
(iii) The import cf coffee seeds and ceffee beans is prohibited except 
by the Director of Research, Indian Coffee Board, Bangs lore. This prohibi- 
tion docs not apply to (a) rcasted and ground coffee, or (b) to a consign- 
ment of unroa&ted or unground coffee beans or seeds prcduced in India or 
in Burma and covered by a certificate cf origin in the specified form and 
signed by a competent authority. 
(iv) The import of sunflower seeds from Peru and Argentina is prohibited. 
The transit of plants through India by air, or their transshipment, is, 
however, permitted provided they are accompanied ly an official certificate 
and are packed in such containers as will not permit insects reaching or 
leaving the plant material and as are not opened in any part of India. 
FUMIGATION 
h. No plants other than fruits and vegetables intended for consump- 
tion, -notatoes, sugarcane^ and unmanufactured tobacco, either raw or cured, 
3hall be imported into India by nea except after fumigation with hydro- 
cyanic acid gas and at a prescribed port! Provided ; that plants which are 
infested with living parasitized insects and are intended for the introduc- 
tion of such par nsit.es may be imported without such fumigation if the:- are 
accompanied by a special certificate from the Head of Division cf Entomology, 
Indian Agricultural Research Institute, that such plants are imported for 
the purpose cf introducing such parasites. 
GEPr:ncATicN 
f>. (1) No plants, other than unmanufactured tobacco imported from 
Burma, fruits and vegetables intended for consumption, and potatoes, shall 
