D2/Cu^a 
 
 LIBRARY 
 FATE  PLANT  BOARD 
 
 milT^   STATES  DEPAT^TMWT  OF  AGRICULTURE: 
 •     .A£:r-i cultural  Rosaa^ch  Admini-stration 
 Bureau  of  -Entc^iolog^^  and  Plant   'Quarantine 
 Washington  25,   D.    C.  '• 
 
 ■       •  '         ■         -•  February   8,    19^6 
 
 B-.E^P.q.— •519,  Supplement  Fo.  2  .   . 
 
 PLANT- qiJARAlTTIlO]  IlIPORT  RESTRICTIONS 
 
 01'  THE" 
 :  ■   .     .  REPUBLIC  OF  CUBA   ' 
 
 RESTRICTIONS  GOVEPJJING  THE  IMPORTATION  OF  SEED  POTATOES 
 
 According  to  Docree  No.  3^95»  published  in  the  Official  Gazette 
 of  November  25.  19'^5.  f^^d.  effective  January  1,  19^6,  regulations 
 governing  the  importation  of  seed  -octatoes  (Solanum  tubercsum  L.) 
 into  Cuba  (see  3.E.P.Q,. — 519.  P«  H)  ha'"-p  been  amended  to  rend  as 
 follows:   (From  Foreign  T  =  -riffs  pnd.   Trade  Controls  of  the  United 
 States  Department  of  Commerce  for  week  ending  January  21,  19^6) 
 
 I'oport  Pi-rmit  Rrouired 
 
 1.   If.-norters  desiring  to  irmort  whole  -octatoes  into  Cuba  for  use 
 as  seed  are  reauired  to  obtain  a  -nemit  from  the  Ministry  of  Agri- 
 culture, The  petition  must  state  the  Quantity  and  variety  of 
 potatoes  and  the  ports  of  shipment  and  (destination.   The  seed  -octa- 
 toes may  be  im-oortod  through  iho   Customs  only  with  the  permission 
 of  the  Ministrj"-  of  A. ■'ri culture. 
 
 Seed  potatoes  may  be  imTDcrtod  only  by  foodstuffs  importers  who  ha""-e 
 been  established  for  at  lep<5t  ono  year,  comorations.  co-operatives, 
 or  associations  acting  for  growers;  or  by  growers;  or  by  growers  for 
 their  own  use  or  for  the  use  of  their  own  employees. 
 
 Authorized  Port?:  of  Entry 
 
 2,   Seed  potatoes  nay  be  imioorted  into  C\\jr   only  through  the  -oorts 
 of  H'^vana,  Cardenas,  Hrtanzas,  C-^ibarian,  Nnevitas,  Gibara,  and 
 Sf^ntiago  de  Cuba. 
 
 Varietal,  Phytosanitary  C^^rtificate  and  Mrrking 
 R'^quirements 
 
 3.   a.   Sf^ed  potatoes  may  be  imported  only  from  the  United  St-  tes 
 and  Canada, 
 
UNIVERSITY  OF  FLORIDA 
 
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 "b.  ■  "be  only  varieties  which  may  "be  imported  are  R'^d  Bliss 
 Trium-nh,  Poi^tiac,  White  Bliss  Triuinph,  Irish  Cobbler, 
 •  ■  G-reen  Mountain,  Katahdin,  Saha^o,  Houma,  Earline,  and 
 ChiT)-newn. 
 
 c.  Imports  of  seed  -ootatoes  nust  be  acconpanied  by  an  inspec- 
 tion certificate  ispiued  by  the  Federal  or  State  inspector 
 or  by  a  Growers'  Association  attached  to  any  agricultural 
 college.   The  certificate  shall  show  the  percentage  of 
 diseases  noted  by  the  inspector  during  his  first  and  second 
 field  inspection  trips  and  those  noted  at  the  time  of  pack- 
 ing and  shipping.   The  time  elapsed  aince  harvesting  nust 
 also  be  shown.  This  docunent  must  be  certified  by  a  notary 
 public  and  by  a  Cuban  Consulate  located  in  the  country  of 
 origin,  '' 
 
 d,  Every  container  of  seed  potatoes  must  bear  an  official  cprd 
 staL.ing  the  source,  nvunber  of  the  aoo^e  nentioned  inspection 
 cci'Lvfi' MTc,  nr.aie  of  the  grower,  not  wp->^iit  of  the  contents, 
 and  Lhe  nnjTibcr  of  days  of  gcrminative  inactivity,  or  the  date. 
 
 ..  of  harvesting 
 
 •  ,^  -AVERY  S.  HOYT 
 Acting  Chief,  Bureau  of 'Ent6molcgy  and  Plant  (Quarantine,'