Fumigation' Measures 
7. Fumigation .procedure to "be followed at the port of entry with 
all shipments as a condition of entry will "be as follows: 
a-. Seeds will he fumigated with carbon di sulphide or a similar 
fumigant in a sealed chamber unless the type of insect in- 
festation, that of larval and pupal stages, for example, in- 
dicates the treatment to be inadequate. In that event vacuum 
fumigation with cyanide gas will be applied when the equip- 
ment is available. 
b. Plants will be fumigated in a canvas tent with calcium cyanide 
or a similar fumigant. 
LIST OF PRODUCTS AND CONDITIONS- OF THEIR ENTRY l/ 
Importation Prohibited 
8. Importation of the following articles is prohibited: 
Banana leaves ( Musa Spp.) but not the plants. 
Chestnuts or plants ( Castanea spp.) from North America and other 
countries- where the chestnut blight disease (Endothia parasitica 
(Murr.) Ander. & Ander.) occurs. 
Elm plants ( Ulmus spp.) but not seeds from Europe and other 
countries where the Dutch elm disease ■■ ( Ceratostomella ulmi 
BuiGnan) occurs. 
Eucalypti;s, Acacia, Oak ( Quercus spp.), Plane-tree (Platanus 
spp.) and Coniferous tree cuttings or plants, but not the seeds. 
Peach stones ( Amygdalus persica L.). 
Soil (See paragraph 12) . 
Sorghum stalks ( Sorghum spp.) unless processed. 
Importation Restricted 
9- Entry of the products listed below is conditioned upon compli- 
ance with the requirements cited for each article, except in the case 
of items for which the Servicos Centrais (Central Agricultural Office) 
will designate special conditions of entry on copies of import 
licenses to be sent by the importer to the exporter. 
l/ Special rules exist for importations from South African countries, 
including Angola, Belgian Congo, Northern and Southern Rhodesia, 
Nyasalancl, and the Union of South Africa. Tho3e cited in this summary 
apply to products from the United States and generally to those from 
other foreign countries. 
