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Commodity Import Report (CIR)

Shepherd's Purse (All plant parts) from Korea, Republic of into All 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.
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Import Requirements
1 Admissible Plant Parts: All plant parts
2 Admissible Ports: All Ports
3 Import Permit Required: An Import Permit is required. To obtain a permit, go to APHIS eFile.
4 Commercial Consignments Only
5 Pest Mitigation Strategy: Consignments must satisfy only one of the mitigation strategy options listed below.
6 Pest Mitigation Strategy: Option 1
  6.1 Admissible Plant Parts: Root
  6.2 Subject to Inspection: This commodity is subject to inspection at the port of entry and all general requirements of 7 CFR 319.56-3.
  6.3 Phytosanitary Certificate: If the consignment arrives with roots, it must be accompanied by a phytosanitary certificate of inspection issued by the National Plant Protection Organization (NPPO) of the Republic of Korea stating the consignment was grown in a pest-free place of production for the quarantine nematodes Hemicycliophora koreana, Paratylenchus pandus, Rotylenchus orientalis, and Rotylenchus pini, is free from soil, and imported in accordance with the requirements authorized under 7 CFR 319.56-4.
7 Pest Mitigation Strategy: Option 2
  7.1 Admissible Plant Parts: Leaves, Stem
  7.2 Subject to Inspection: This commodity is subject to inspection at the port of entry and all general requirements of 7 CFR 319.56-3.
Commodity Information
8 For additional commodity information and images, visit https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomydetail.aspx?id=105461  
Additional Requirements
9 The shepherd's purse with roots must be grown in a pest-free place of production that is registered with the National Plant Protection Organization (NPPO) of the Republic of Korea. Fields must be certified free of the quarantine nematodes Hemicycliophora koreana, Paratylenchus pandus, Rotylenchus orientalis, and Rotylenchus pini by sampling and microscopic inspection of the samples by the NPPO of the Republic of Korea. The sampling and inspection protocol must be preapproved by APHIS.

The shepherd's purse with roots must be free from soil.
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