UNITED  STATES  DEPARTMENT  OF  AGRICULTURE 
 AGRICULTURAL  RESEARCH  ADMINISTRATION 
 BUREAU  OF  ENTOMOLOGY  AND  PLANT  QUARANTINE  «r»ARP 
 WASHINGTON  25,  D.  Cc  rv&?iJ*^  &Jf^^ 
 
 B.  E.  P.  Q.  511,  Supplement  No.  1  March  11,  19^8 
 
 PLANT  QUARANTINE  IMPORT  RESTRICTIONS 
 OF  THE 
 REPUBLIC  OF  CHILE 
 IMPORTATION  OF  FRESH  FRUITS  AND  CUT  FLOWERS  PROHIBITED 
 Ministry  of  Agriculture,  Decree  No,  1,127,  November  28,  19^7. 
 
 (Note:    By  a  Ministerial  Decree  No,  1,127,  November  28,  19^7,  Chile  has 
 revoked  the  exception  accorded  California  fruit  from  the  prohibition  of 
 Decree  No,  12,  September       1930,  on  account  of  the  presence  of  the  ori- 
 ental fruit  moth  in  that  state 6    The  ruling  of  the  Minister  of  Agriculture 
 as  reported  by  the  American  Consul  in  Santiago,  October  28,  1930  in  the 
 paragraph  FRESH  FRUITS  FROM  THE  UNITED  STATES  on  page  13,  B*E0P.Q„  -511  has 
 been  revoked  also  by  Decree  No,  1,127.     Other  articles  of  Decree  No.  12, 
 including  specifically  Article  5  on  page  12,  remain  in  force, ) 
 
 By  the  above  decree,  Chile  prohibits  the  importation  into  that  coun- 
 try of  all  fresh  fruits  and  cut  flowers,  except  bananas,  pineapples,  co- 
 conuts and  dates  from  Ecuador,  Panama  and  Peru,  certain  plants  from  Ecuador, 
 avocados  from  Peru,  fruits  and  vegetables  from  Tacna  in  Peru  to  Arica,  and 
 fruit  for  consumption  in  the  Magallanes  region.     The  purpose  of  the  decree 
 is  to  diminish  the  possibility  of  introducing  into  Chile  certain  insects 
 and  plant  diseases,  including  the  oriental  fruit  moth  (Grapholitha  molesta 
 Busck)  from  California,, 
 
 REVOCATION  OF  PREVIOUS  ARTICLES 
 
 Decree  No.  1,127  revokes  Articles  2,  3,  and  h  of  Decree  No,  12,  Sep- 
 tember k,  1930,  which  excepted  fresh  fruits  from  California  from  the  gen- 
 eral prohibition  of  that  decree,     (See  pages  11  and  12,  B0EoP,Q. -511 ) 
 
 FRUIT  FOR  CONSUMPTION  PERMITTED  IN  MAGALLANES 
 
 Fruits  intended  for  consumption  in  Magallanes,  Natales,  and  Tierra  del 
 Fuego,  are  permitted  entry  under  the  same  condition  as  those  set  forth  in 
 Article  5  of  Decree  No„  12  of  September  h,  1930,     (See  page  12,  B.E,P.Q,-5H) 
 
 Chief,  Bureau  of  Entomology  and  Plant  Quarantine 
 
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