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3. Reconditioning the shipment. 
4. Opening and repacking cases incident to inspections. 
5. Furnishing and substituting fresh packing material for improper or pro- 
hibited packing. 
6. Arrangements to meet charges for handling, transportation, storage, dray- 
age, or for disinfection or other treatment. 
7. Arrangements for the disposal of infested material, if this is required. 
IV. For importations brought in as baggage. — 
1. Material covered by regulation 8. — The importer should be prepared in person 
or through an agent to attend to the details of entry enumerated in section II, 
paragraph D, III, above. 
2. Material covered by regulation 14. — If the port of arrival is other than Wash- 
ington, D. C, San Francisco, Calif., Seattle, Wash., San Juan, P. R., or Honolulu, 
T. H., the importer should be prepared to ship the importation in bond at his ex- 
pense to the port designated in the permit and he should arrange for entry details 
at the port of inspection, as outlined in section II, paragraph D, III. 
3. Material covered by regulation 15. — Material from Canada under permit, 
which has been certified both as to origin and inspection, will be allowed to pass at 
any point on the Canadian frontier at which an inspector of the Bureau of Customs 
is located, unless the permit limits entry to a specified port. 
E. Procedure for entry by mail. — Material falling under regulation 2 may be 
imported by mail without permit. Authorization for importation by mail of 
other material enterable will be given on request and tags for such mail ship- 
ments will be furnished. These tags will bear the number of the permit author- 
izing the importation, which identifies the permittee, and will direct the material 
to this Bureau at one of the following points for inspection: Washington, D. C, 
San Francisco, Calif., Seattle, Wash., San Juan, P. R., or Honolulu, T. H. When 
attached to the package the tag will indicate to the foreign postmaster that he 
may accept the package for mailing to this country in accordance with the postal 
regulations. By special arrangements with the United States Post Office Depart- 
ment, such mail shipments will be forwarded after inspection to the importer 
without the payment of additional postage. The customs requirements are 
somewhat simplified; by special arrangements such shipments are permitted 
to come in customs custody directly to the inspection station named, thus obviat- 
ing the necessity for any broker's services for forwarding from the port of first 
arrival. The importer has to provide for customs clearance, at the inspection 
point, of mail shipments valued at $100 or more. (See sec. II, par. D, II.) 
Shipments valued at less than $100 will be forwarded after inspection and release, 
under the original postage, to the post office of destination, and the customs duty, 
if any, is to be paid to the postmaster at that place. 
Notices of arrival and notices of shipment need not be submitted by the im- 
porter for shipments arriving by mail. It is especially important that an invoice 
in duplicate accompany the shipment. In view of the fact that mail importa- 
tions are usually of small size, it is generally not necessary to call upon the im- 
porter to arrange for the other details described in section II, paragraph D, III. 
These are attended to by the inspector handling the shipment, unless there is an 
unusual situation presenting an excessive demand on the facilities or personnel 
of the Department which should properly be met by the importer. 
F. Charges. — The Department makes no charge for mail tags, permits, or 
forms, nor for inspection and supervision of disinfection, but the importer is 
liable for all entry, transportation, disinfection, storage, and handling charges 
and should arrange to meet them in advance of the arrival of the shipment. 
G. Duty.— For specific information as to the rate of duty on a proposed impor- 
tation, consult the nearest collector of customs, or write to the Bureau of Cus- 
toms, Treasury Department, Washington, D. C. 
H. Freedom from soil. — Plant material imported from Canada under regula- 
tion 15 need not be free from soil. Regulation 7 authorizes the use of sterile or 
sterilized soil for packing material for bulbs, corms, nuts, and seeds. (See regula- 
tion 7 and circular B. E. P. Q.-369.) All other plant material offered for entry 
must be freed from soil as required by regulation 7. The method of soil removal 
is left to the shipper. 
I. Certification. — Shipments from countries maintaining recognized inspection 
service must be certified in accordance with the requirements of regulation 7; 
the invoice must be accompanied by the original certificate and each container 
must bear a copy certificate, issued by an authorized official of the country of 
