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■ PRODUCTS WHOSE IMPOETATION IS RESTRICTED OR PROHIBITED 
Importation of Cottonseed PrdhilDited 
Except from the United States 
Executive Order No. 80 of September 17i 1,917. prescribes that: 
The importation of cottonseed into the Dominican Republic is at present 
prohibited, except from the United States. Cottonseed from that 
country must be certified by the Bureau of Entomology and Plant Qiaaran- 
tine of the United States Department of Agriculture as being free from 
contagious organisms and insect pests, lie cottonseed that is not so 
certified will be permitted to enter the Dominican Republic. This 
action is taken to prevent the introduction of contagious plant diseases 
and of insect pests from foreign countries. 
Executive Order No. 508 of June 2, 1920, amends Order No. 80 by 
prescribing that cottonseed may not be imported from the United States 
unless it is also accompanied by a certificate issued by the United 
States Bureau of Entomology and Plant Qiiarantine affirming that the 
seed proceeds from a district not infested by the bollweevil (Antho nomus 
grandis Boh.) . 
Importation Prohibited of Coconuts from Puerto Rico 
Executive Order No. ^ of June 10', 1919. prescribes that: 
Article 1. Owing to the existence in Puerto Rico of the bud-rot 
disease ( Phytophthora palmivora Butler) of the coconut palm, the importa- 
tion of coconuts from that island into the Dominican Republic is for 
the present prohibited. 
Art. 2, To protect the domestic coconut palm cultures, no 
species of coconut may be imported from any other place or country 
without previous authorization by the Departmexit. 
Importation of Empty Sacks Restricted or Prohibited 
Decree No. 203 of J^^y l6, 1925, as amended by No. 122U of 
November 19. 1929, and No. 310 of January 5, 1932, to prevent the in- 
troduction of diseases ojid insect pests injurious to agriculture, pre- 
scribes that: 
Article 1, The introduction into the territory of the Republic 
is prohibited of any kind of empty sacks v/hich have contained fruits 
and plant products, as well as of material derived from such used sacks. 
