UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT 0? AGRICULTURE 
 
 Bureau of Entomology and Plant Quarantine 
 Washington, D. C. 
 
 3. E. P. Q.~ 31U, Supplement No. 8 January 21, 1935. 
 
 CENTRAL AMERICA 
 PLA^-QUARAHTIHE IMPORT EI3TPICTI0!:S 
 REPUBLIC OF SALYAL0P 
 
 Decree No. 2oo of October IS- 19, 1933 (Diario Oficial No. 236, Oct. 
 26, 1935)j imposes certification requirements on plant material offered 
 for entry into the Republic of Salvador. Tne text of this decree (in 
 translation) follows: 
 
 Article 1. The plant material included in the following tariff 
 numbers has been exempted from import duty and consular fees for visaing 
 invoices and shipping papers: 
 
 321-1-30-001 Seeds, bulbs, roots, rootstochs, bulbous roots, 
 
 and shoots, inedible. 
 321-1-30-002 Cottonseed for planting. 
 
 Art. 2. The following notes are inserted: 
 
 Note No- 3?1 (a). Plants and seeds that fall within this chapter 
 and may at the same time serve as food products for consumption, are placed 
 as such in section 2, title 1, chapter 2. 
 
 Note No. 321 (b). Eor the entry of plants and seeds that fall under 
 this chapter, the customs offices of the Republic will require of the inter- 
 ested person a certificate of the corresponding agricultural phytosanitary 
 office, visaed by the Consul of Salvador. The attestation of these docu- 
 ments is free. 
 
 If shipments of plants and seeds are not accompanied by the said 
 certificate, the Ministry of Agriculture may order the destruction of plants 
 and seeds which may be imported into Salvador, if in its opinion the said 
 plants and seeds involve danger if propagated; furthermore, the Ministry is 
 authorized to order the fumigation of the same at the expense of the inter- 
 ested persons at any place deemed suitable, if the corresponding certificate 
 is not presented. 
 
 Art. 3« 5The preceding regulations become effective with plants and 
 seeds loaded 3^ days after the approval of the present decree, as indicated 
 by the bill of lading. 
 
 LEE A. STRONG, 
 Chief, Bureau of Entomology and Plant Quarantine 
 
UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA 
 
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