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Source: USDA APHIS, 7/21/21
On July 2, 2021, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and
Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) published a notice in the Federal
Register to announce the implementation of Phase Six of the Lacey Act
enforcement schedule. Effective October 1, 2021, Phase Six will require a plant
import declaration for additional products such as essential oils and wooden
pallets that are imported into the United States. APHIS delayed implementation of
Phase Six in fall 2020 in response to stakeholder concerns about operational
and economic setbacks caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. This action gave
stakeholders additional time to recover from the impacts of the pandemic and to
prepare for implementation of the requirement. With this requirement, the
declaration must contain, among other things, the scientific name of the plant,
value of importation, quantity of the plant, and name of the country from which
the plant was taken. APHIS began phasing in the
requirements on April 1, 2009. For additional information, please visit our
website at: https://www.aphis.usda.gov/aphis/ourfocus/planthealth/import-information/SA_Lacey_Act To view the notice, go to http://www.regulations.gov, and enter APHIS-2008-0119-0329 in the Search field.
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