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 BOARD 
 
 UNITED STATES DEBASEMENT OF AGRICULTURE 
 Agricultural Research Administration 
 Bureau of Entomology and Plant Quarantine 
 Washington 25, D. C, 
 
 B. E. P. Q. 579 
 
 May 17, 19^9 
 
 PIANT -QUARANTINE IMPORT RESTRICTIONS 
 OF SAUDI ARABIA 
 
 The following summary of the plant -quarantine import restrictions 
 of Saudi Arabia has "been prepared for the information of 
 nurserymen, plant quarantine officials, and others interested in 
 exporting plants and plant products to that country. 
 
 It was prepared "by Richard Faxon, Division of Foreign Plant 
 Quarantines, and is "based on a despatch from the American Embasby 
 in Jidda which contained a notification of the Saudi Arabian 
 Directorate of Agriculture that appeared in the official Arabic 
 language newspaper, Issue No. 125^, dated March 25, 19^9. 
 
 Acting Chief, Bureau of Entomology and Plant Quarantine 
 
UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA 
 
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 PLANT -QUARANTINE IMPORT RESTRICTIONS 
 
 OF 
 SAUDI ARABIA 
 
 GENERAL REGULATIONS AND CERTIFICATE REQUIREMENTS 
 
 (Notification promulgated "by Directorate of Agriculture in 
 Umm al Qura , Issue No. 125^, March 25, 19^9) 
 
 All importers of fruits, vegetables, shrubs, plants, etc., into 
 Saudi Arabia, are notified that henceforth Health Inspectors 
 vill conduct an examination of every such consignment appearing 
 at a Saudi Arabian port immediately upon its arrival before 
 permitting it to enter the country. Every such consignment 
 will be required to have a covering Bill of Health issued by 
 competent authorities at the point of origin certifying that 
 the cargo in question has been examined and found to be free 
 of insect pests as veil as fumigated at the port of export. 
 Any consignment lacking such a Bill of Health must be 
 returned to its source by the importer, or re-exported within 
 one week of its arrival in Saudi Arabia.