90 ANNUAL REPORTS OV DEPARTMENT OS AQBICULTUBB, 1935 
CERTIFICATION FOR EXPORT 
the fiscal year 1935 a total of 6,907 shipments, representing 
containers of plants and plant products, were inspected and certified f<»r 
• tu meet the sanitary requirements of foreign countries. While this 
sents a decrease of 316 In the number of shipments, there was an 
actual increase of 71,556 in the total number of containers certified 
the fiscal year 193 L. 
Certificates were issued at 20 ports and covered 58 different commodities 
which were exported to 58 foreign countries. Some of the more Important 
lodities inspected and certified wore: Apples, 2,148 shipment-, consisting 
of 1,255,142 boxes, 86,190 baskets, and 38,964 barrels; pears, 842 shipments, 
consisting of 508,341 boxes; potatoes, 1,12*; shipments, consisting of 300,770 
13,810 barrels, and s.410 crates and boxes; oranges, 479 shipments, con- 
sisting of 294,597 boxes; grapefruit, 1G0 shipments, consisting of 24,005 b 
miscellaneous fruits and vegetables, 1,190 shipments, consisting of loS.539 
containers. The certification of apples and pears was conducted cooperatively 
with the Bureau of Agricultural Economics. 
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