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Commodity Import Report (CIR)

Pummelo (Fruit) from China into Continental U.S. Ports

The CIR contains current import regulation information for the selected Commodity Import (a specific commodity approved from a designated country, or region, into one or more designated ports). A flag (

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Citrus maxima

Commodity Summary

Guide Page

Country Summary


Import Requirements
1	Admissible Plant Parts: Fruit
2	Admissible Ports: Continental U.S. Ports
3	Import Permit Required: An Import Permit is required. To obtain a permit, go to APHIS eFile.
4	Subject to Inspection: This commodity is subject to inspection at the port of entry and all general requirements of 7 CFR 319 .56-3.
5	Commercial Consignments Only
6	Phytosanitary Certificate: Consignments must be accompanied by a phytosanitary certificate issued by the National Plant Protection Organization (NPPO) of China with an additional declaration stating the consignment was produced in accordance with the systems approach.
7	Production Location: Commodities must have been grown in approved orchards and sent from approved packinghouses. See List of Registered Facilities for the Export of Citrus from China (2021-2022) [www.aphis.usda.gov/import_export/plants/manuals/ports/downloads/list_of_registered_facilities_for_china_citrus.pdf].
8	Port Restriction: Do not import or distribute into or within Hawaii, Puerto Rico, or any U.S. territory.

Commodity Information
9	For additional commodity information and images, visit https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomydetail.aspx?id=10744


Additional Requirements
10	Consignments must be produced in a pest-free place of production for Bactrocera minax and B. tsuneonis. Consignments must be produced in a pest-free place of production for Bactrocera correcta, B. cucurbitae, B. dorsalis, B. occipitalis, B. pedestris, and B. tau; or determination that places of production are located in areas of low-pest prevalence for these species of fruit fly based on trapping, and the pummelo fruit were bagged with double-layer paper bags at least 2 months prior to harvest. Registration of places of production and packinghouses with the National Plant Protection Organization (NPPO) of China Certification by the NPPO of propagative material used at places of production as being free of quarantine pests Periodic inspections of places of production throughout the shipping season Grove sanitation Maintaining the identity and origin of the lot of fruit throughout the export process to the United States Safeguarding of harvested fruit Post-harvest visual inspection of fruit by the NPPO or officials authorized by the NPPO according to a biometric sample Cutting a portion of the fruit in the sample to inspect for quarantine pests Washing, brushing, and treatment with surface disinfectant and fungicide Possible remedial measures in the event of detection of quarantine pests at registered places of production or packinghouses, or in/on consignments of citrus fruit from China at ports of entry into the United States