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LIST OF APPROVED FRUITS AND VEGETABLES
FOR ENTRY INTO THE UNITED STATES

 

This reference is a listing of fruits and vegetables that have been approved for entry into the United States from foreign countries.

The entire reference section is available online at: http://www.aphis.usda.gov/ (PDF 5.67Mb)


• ALL COUNTRIES (no permit required)

ALL 1

Aloe vera (above ground parts)
Bat nut or devil pod (Trapa bicornis)
Cannonball fruit
Chinese water chestnut
Coconut, see Seed Manual
Corn smut galls 2
Cyperus corm
Edible flowers 3 (inflorescences only 4)
Garlic cloves, peeled
Ginger root
Lily bulb (Lilium spp.)
Maguey leaf
Matsutake
Mushroom
Palm heart, peeled
Peanut 5
Pomegranate arils 6
St. John's Bread
Singhara nut (Trapa bispinosa)
Tamarind bean pod
Truffle
Water-chestnut (Trapa natans)

1) The United States maintains trade sanctions or embargoes against Bosnia Serb-controlled Areas of Bosnia-Hercegovina, Cuba, Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (North Korea), Iran, and Sudan. If a commodity listed here is from one of these countries and is free from pests, then enforce embargoes and trade sanctions under U.S. Department of the Treasury authority.

2) For corn smut galls, see the special procedures for Fresh or Frozen Corn Smut Galls Imported for Consumption.

3) Limited to Calendula spp. (pot marigold), Tagetes spp. (marigold), Tropaeolum spp. (nasturtium), and Viola spp. (johnny-jump-ups, pansies, and violets).

4) If stems or leaves are attached, prohibit entry.

5) Peanuts are admissible from all countries except PROHIBITED ENTRY from Burkina Faso, China (People's Republic of), Côte d'Ivoire, India, Indonesia, Japan, Philippines, Senegal, Thailand, and Timor-Leste. See the Seed Manual.

6) The edible, fleshy, juicy, red colored cover of individual pomegranate seeds that entirely envelopes the seed.


• URUGUAY, Eastern Republic of

ALL NA

Allium spp. Artichoke, globe (immature flower head)
Apple T107-a-1 1 or T105-d 2 3 Grape, T101-h-2 and T107-a-1 or T105-d 2 4 7
Asparagus
Banana (fruit) (no permit) 4
Chicory, Cichorium spp. (whole plant)
Corn, green
Durian
Nectarine T107-a-1 1 or T105-d 2 4
Peach T107-a-1 1 or T105-d 2 4
Pear T107-a-1 1 or T105-d 2 4
Pineapple 5
Plum T107-a-1 1 or T105-d 2 4
Strawberry
Watercress
Yam (tuber), T101-f-3 6

1) If treatment has not been completed before entry, HOLD the shipment and CONTACT a PPQ officer through proper channels.

The fruits or vegetables may arrive in the United States only at the following ports:

• Any port located north of 39o latitude and east of 104o longitude;

• At one of the following maritime ports: Wilmington, NC; Seattle, WA; Corpus Christi, TX; and Gulfport, MS (not currently operational);

• Seattle-Tacoma International, Seattle, WA (not currently operational);

• Hartsfield-Atlanta International Airport, Atlanta, GA

2) Irradiation as an optional treatment is available only after an exporting country has entered into a framework equivalency work plan agreement and met other requirements as specified in 7CFR 305.2. Currently, this country has not entered into a work plan agreement.

3) Fruits irradiated in the country of origin and accompanied by a PPQ Form 203 to confirm irradiation may enter any State. However, untreated fruits and vegetables, intended to be irradiated for quarantine pests, cannot be treated within nor transit through the following States: Alabama, Arizona, California, Florida, Georgia (except for treatment in Atlanta, GA), Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi (except for treatment in Gulport, MS), Nevada, New Mexico, North Carolina (except for treatment in Wilmington, NC), South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas (except untreated products to be irradiated may transit through Dallas/Ft.Worth) and Virginia.

4) Inspect plantains, cooking bananas, and bananas which differ from the usual bananas of commerce for internal feeders (fruit flies).

5) Pineapples are PROHIBITED ENTRY into Hawaii.

6) Because treatment is required, HOLD shipment and CONTACT a PPQ officer through proper channels.

7) As a substitute for cold treatment only when applied in combination with other treatments e.g. methyl bromide fumigation. MB fumigation still required as prescribed to treat pests other than fruit flies.

 
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