In a Federal Register notice to be published on February 6, 2015, the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) is expanding the Lacey Act import declaration requirement to include an additional twenty tariff lines from chapters 44, 82, 94, and 96, effective August 6, 2015.
The notice clarifies that, “Section 3 of the Lacey Act makes it unlawful to import certain plants and plant products without an import declaration. The declaration must contain, among other things, the scientific name of the plant, value of the importation, quantity of the plant, and name of the country from where the plant was harvested.”
For recycled paper products, the declaration must specify the average percent of recycled material without regard for country of harvest.
Comments must be submitted by April 7, 2015.
The Federal Register notice can be accessed here
APHIS Extends Lacey Act Declaration Requirement to 20 Additional Tariffs
Posted by
Julia Gogoll on 2/5/15 4:31 PM
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