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Commodity Import Report (CIR)

Pepper, Locoto (Fruit) from Colombia 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 ( Access Restricted to APHIS/CBP ) indicates information that is intended for and available to an APHIS/CBP audience only.
Capsicum baccatum L. var. baccatum 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: All consignment must be accompanied by a phytosanitary certificate issued by the National Plant Protection Organization (NPPO) of the exporting country stating the pepper fruit were grown, packed, and shipped in accordance with the provisions authorized under 7 CFR 319.56-4.
7 Port Restriction: Do not import or distribute into or within Hawaii, Puerto Rico, or any U.S. territory.
Commodity Information
8 For additional commodity information and images, visit https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=300104  
Additional Requirements
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  • The peppers must be grown in approved places of production registered with the National Plant Protection Organization (NPPO) of Colombia.
  • Pepper places of production must consists of pest-exclusionary structures.
  • The places of production must contain traps for the detection of Mediterranean fruit fly (Ceratitis capitata (Wiedemann)) and South American fruit fly (Anastrepha fraterculus (Wiedemann)) both within and around the structures.
  • The places of production must be inspected prior to harvest for Neoleucinodes elegantalis (Guenée), a fruit-boring moth; Copitarsia decolora (Guenée), a moth; and Puccinia pampeana Speg., a pathogenic fungus that causes pepper and green pepper rust.
  • If any of the pests or other quarantine pests are found to be generally infesting or infecting the places of production, the NPPO of Colombia must immediately prohibit that production site from exporting peppers to the continental United States (CONUS) and notify APHIS of the action. The prohibition will remain in effect until the Colombian NPPO and APHIS agree the risk has been mitigated.
  • The Colombia NPPO must maintain records of trap placement, trap checking, and any quarantine pest captures. The Colombia NPPO must maintain an APHIS-approved quality control program to monitor or audit the trapping program. The trapping records must be maintained for APHIS review.
  • The peppers must be packed within 24 hours of harvest in a pest-exclusionary packinghouse.
  • The peppers must be safeguarded by an insect-proof mesh screen or plastic tarpaulin while in transit to the packinghouse and while awaiting packing. The peppers must be packed in insect-proof cartons or containers, or covered with insect-proof mesh or plastic tarpaulin for transit into the CONUS. These safeguards must remain intact until arrival in the CONUS or the consignment will be denied entry into the CONUS.
  • During the time the packinghouse is in use for exporting peppers to the CONUS, the packinghouse may only accept peppers from registered approved places of production.
  • Consignments must be packed in cartons labeled with the identity of the place of production.
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