LIBRARY 
 STATE tLANT BOARD 
 
 E2/ Paraguay 
 
 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 
 Bureau of Entomology and Plant Quarantine 
 Washington, D. C. 
 
 B.E.P.Q, 502. September 22, 1939 
 
 PLANT-QUARANTINE IMPORT RESTRICTIONS 
 OP THE 
 REPUBLIC OP PARAGUAY 
 
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT 0? AGRICULTURE 
 Bureau of Entomology and Plant Quarantine 
 Washington, D. C. 
 
 B.E.P.Q. 502. September 22, 1939 
 
 PLANT-QUASANTINE IMPORT RESTRICTIONS 
 
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 REPUBLIC OF PARAGUAY 
 
 This digest of the plant-quarantine import restrictions 
 of the Republic of Paraguay has "been prepared for the information 
 of nurserymen, pi ant- quarantine officials* and others interested 
 in the exportation of plants and plant products to that country. 
 
 It was prepared "by Harry B. Shaw, Plant Quarantine 
 Inspector in Charge, Foreign Service Information, Division of 
 Foreign Plant Quarantines, from the texts of Law No. 581 of 
 December 3, 1923, and Law No. 672, of October 3, 1924, of the 
 Republic of Paraguay. 
 
 The information contained in this circular is believed 
 to be correct and complete up to the time of preparation, but 
 it is not intended to be used independently of, nor as a siibsti- 
 tute for, the original texts. 
 
 reau of Entomology and Pl-arit Quarantine 
 
E2/ Paraguay 
 
 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 
 Bureau of Entomology and Plant Quarantine 
 Washington, D. C. 
 
 B.E.P.Q. 502. September 22, 1939 
 
 PLANT-QUARANTINE IMPORT RESTRICTIONS 
 
 OF THE 
 
 REPUBLIC OF PARAGUAY 
 
 Basic Legislation 
 
 Organic Law of the Direction of Agriculture and Agricultural Protection, 
 No. 672, of October 3, 1924. 
 
 Article 4 B of this law empowers the Division of Agricultural 
 Protection (Defensa Agricola) to control the importation and expor- 
 tation of seeds, insecticide materials, fungicides, fertilizers, 
 etc., to insure their purity and good conservation. 
 
 Import Permit Required 
 
 Art. 6 prescribes that the importation and exportation are 
 prohibited of plants, fertilizers, and plant products without a 
 special permit from the Direction of Agriculture, issued within 
 5 days of the date of lading when exportation is concerned. Like- 
 wise and whenever the Executive Power deems it necessary, internal 
 traffic throughout the Republic or through specified zones, of 
 cottonseed, plants or rootstocks of bananas, shall be effected 
 under a transportation permit issued ten days prior to transpor- 
 tation. 
 
 Declared Pests 
 
 Art. 11. For the purposes of this law, the following are 
 declared pests: 
 
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 A. Among those existing in Paraguay: 
 
 1. The cotton leafworm ( Alabama argillacea Hbn.). 
 
 2. The pink bollworm ( Pectinophora gossypiella Saund. ) . 
 
 3. Ants, Atta spp. 
 
 4. Bacterial diseases of banana. 
 
 5. Plying locust ( Schistocerca paranensis Burm.) . 
 
 6. Coccids ( Icerya brasiliensis Hemp., Chionaspis citri Comst.). 
 
 B. Among those which threaten to invade the country: 
 
 1. Cotton boll weevil (Ant honomus grandis Boh.). 
 
 2. White peach scale ( Au J. ;\c a sp i s pent ago na Targ. ) . 
 
 3. ( Dactylopius ) P seudo coccus f i lamenbosus Ckll. 
 
 4. Grapevine phylloxera ( Phylloxera ( vastatrix ) vitifoliae Pitch) 
 
 The Executive Power, at the suggestion of the Direction of 
 Agriculture and Agricultural Protection (Direccion de Agricultura 
 y Defensa Agricola) , may add other pests to the preceding list when- 
 ever they are known and may prescribe practical and efficacious 
 methods for combatting them. 
 
 Restrictions on the Importation of Cottonseed 
 (Law No. 581, of December 3, 1923) 
 
 Article 1. The Executive Power is authorized to designate 
 the classes of cottonseed which may be introduced for cultivation 
 in Paraguay. Special permits are granted for the entry of seed 
 for experimental purposes, without the acquisition thereby of the 
 right to export the yield of such seeds. 
 
 Art. 2. The Executive Power will designate the ports of 
 the Republic equipped for the lading or landing of cottonseed. No 
 consignment of cottonseed shall be withdrawn from the customs with- 
 out a health certificate. 
 
 Art. 13. The importation of cottonseed by private per- 
 sons is prohibited. 
 
 The above articles of Laws No. 672 and No. 581 have the 
 effect of regulations. 
 
 Importation of Cottonseed, Sugarcane, Banana Plants, 
 Live Palms, and Coffee Plants by Private Persons 
 Prohibited 
 
 The prohibition against the importation of cottonseed by 
 private persons for planting (Article 13 of Law N . 581) and of 
 sugarcane, banana plants, and live palms and coffee plants from 
 various sources (Article 6 of Law No. 672), in accordance with 
 
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 the provisions of Article 4 of the International Convention for 
 Plant Protection, is practically permanent (statement "by the 
 Director of the Direccion de Def ensa Agricola) . 
 
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