84 BUREAU OF ENTOMOLOGY AND PLANT QUARANTINE [Oct.-Dec. 
B. Application for permit. — In preparing the application (form 207 or 687) , it is 
important to state whether the shipment is to come by mail, in baggage, or by- 
freight or express. If by mail, state the estimated number of packages. 
I. Regulation 2. — If the material falls under regulation 2, no application for 
permit need be made, because no permit is necessary. 
II. Regulations 8 and 15. — For material enterable under regulation 3 or 15 apply 
on form 687. One application is sufficient to cover importations to be made 
under regulation 3 from countries maintaining recognized inspection service and 
tree seeds from any country. Separate applications should be submitted covering 
each shipment under regulation 3 from countries not maintaining recognized 
inspection service and for each shipment under regulation 15 from Canada. 
III. Regulation 14. — Apply on form 207. A separate application is to be sub- 
mitted for the importation from each shipper, but the importation from each 
shipper may be made in more than one shipment within the time limit of the 
permit. 
C. Importer's instructions to shipper. — When the permit has been received, the 
permit number is to be transmitted to the shipper with the order for the plant 
material, together with any special instructions received with the permit. In his 
interest the importer should instruct the shipper as follows, to — 
I. Send plants that are clean and healthy, free from any kind of insect pest or 
plant disease. 
II. Attach to the invoice the original inspection certificate of the authorized 
official of country of origin and a copy certificate to each container in the shipment. 
III. Ship the plants free from soil. 
IV. Label the material by botanical names or identifying numbers. 
V. Send the plants within the age-size limit, if such is designated in the permit. 
VI. Use approved packing material. (See regulation 7, or circular B. E. P. 
Q.— 369.) 
VII. Ship in strong containers. This is particularly important when shipping 
by mail, as fragile boxes often arrive badly damaged. 
VIII. Make no substitution of material for that authorized by the permit and 
no addition to the quantity authorized if the permit specifies a definite quantity. 
IX. Send two true copies of the invoice with the shipment; place these inside 
the parcel when shipping by mail. 
X. Mark the shipment as follows: 
1. For shipment by freight or express. — 
(a) If under regulation 3 or 15, show (1) permit number; (2) nature and quan- 
tity of contents; (3) district and locality of country where grown; (4) name and 
address of importer; (5) name and address of shipper. 
(6) If under regulation 14, show (1) permit number; (2) name of importer but 
not his address; (3) address of this Bureau at the inspection port named in the 
permit. 
2. For all mail shipments. — Address the parcels only with the special mail tags 
and place no forwarding address on the outer wrappers. The permit number on 
the tags will identify the shipment on arrival. The special yellow and green 
tags are to be transmitted to the shipper with the directions accompanying them. 
Caution the shipper to use the tags sent him for the particular shipment and 
against confusing them with tags for other shipments. 
Note. — For baggage shipments the importer should follow the instructions for 
freight or express shipments as though he were the shipper. 
D. Arrangements for handling the shipment on arrival. — 
I. For mail shipments valued at less than $100. — After sending instructions to 
the shipper, the importer need do nothing until the shipment arrives at the post 
office of destination, whereupon the customs duty is to be paid to the postmaster 
or customs official at that place. 
II. For mail shipments valued at more than $100. — Same as for freight or express 
shipments, discussed under the succeeding heading, except that the notice of 
arrival and notice of shipment need not be submitted by the importer. 
III. For freight or express shipments. — In order to provide for proper attention 
to the details of handling such shipments the importer should arrange in advance 
of arrival for a broker or agent to attend to them when the shipments are received. 
These details may include any or all of the following: 
1. Clearance through customs, which includes making customs entry, for which 
an invoice is necessary. 
2. Submission of notices of arrival and notices of shipment on forms provided 
for the purpose, as required by regulations 10 and 11. 
