Importing bulbs

penstemon penstemon@Q.com
Sat, 21 May 2016 20:15:34 PDT
>§319.37-3   Permits.
>(a) The restricted articles (other than articles for food, analytical, 
>medicinal, or manufacturing purposes) in any of the following categories 
>may be imported or offered for importation into the United States >only 
>after issuance of a written permit by the Plant Protection and Quarantine 
>Programs in accordance with §§319.7 through 319.7-5:(1) Lots of 13 or more 
>articles (other than seeds of herbaceous plants, >precleared bulbs of a 
>taxon approved by APHIS for preclearance, or sterile cultures of orchid 
>plants) from any country or locality except Canada; "



It does say that. (I've read this document in its entirety several times.) 
So what are “precleared bulbs of a taxon approved by APHIS for preclearance”?
The document explains that.
"Preclearance. Phytosanitary inspection and/or clearance in the country in 
which the articles were grown, performed by or under the regular supervision 
of APHIS."

§319.75-9   Inspection and phytosanitary certificate of inspection.
(a) Any nursery stock, plant, fruit, vegetable, root, bulb, or other plant 
product designated as a regulated article and grown in a country maintaining 
an official system of inspection for the purpose of determining whether such 
article is free from injurious plant diseases, injurious insect pests, and 
other plant pests shall be accompanied by a phytosanitary certificate of 
inspection from the plant protection service of such country at the time of 
importation or offer for importation into the United States. Such 
certificate may cover more than one article and more than one container kept 
together during shipment and offer for importation.

(b) Any nursery stock, plant, fruit, vegetable, root, bulb, seed, or other 
plant product designated as a regulated article which is accompanied by a 
valid phytosanitary certificate of inspection is subject to inspection by an 
inspector at the time of importation into the United States for the purpose 
of determining whether such article is free of injurious plant diseases, 
injurious insect pests, and other plant pests, and whether such article is 
otherwise eligible to be imported into the United States.


Bob Nold
Denver, Colorado, USA 

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