• Plant Health
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• Import into the U.S.

Plant Import Information

Plant Protection and Quarantine (PPQ) regulates the importation of plants and plant products under the authority of the Plant Protection Act. PPQ maintains its import program to safeguard U.S. agriculture and natural resources from the risks associated with the entry, establishment, or spread of animal and plant pests and noxious weeds.

• Commodity Import Approval Process
  • Stakeholder Risk Assessment Consultation
  • Integrated Pest Risk Management Measures for Plants for Planting
    

Permits

• Organism and Soil Permits
• Plants and Plant Products Permits
• Transit Permit Information

Import Requirements for

• Craft Industries
• Endangered Plant Species (CITES)
• Fruits and Vegetables
• Hemp Seeds and Plants
  
• Passenger Preclearance Locations and Flights Arriving from Passenger Preclearance Locations
  
• Plant Growth Enhancers
• Plants and Products Covered by the Lacey Act
• Plants and Seeds for Planting
• Regulated Garbage
• U.S.-Canada Joint Notice: Sea Container Cleanliness
• Wood Packaging Materials

Federal Import Orders

• Tomato Brown Rugose Fruit Virus
  
• Tomato and Pepper Seeds
  

U.S. Regulated Plant Pest List

Accreditation and Certification Programs for Plant Imports

• Offshore Greenhouse Certification Program 
• Greenhouse-Grown Plants from Canada
• National Clean Plant Network

Agriculture Quarantine Inspection (AQI) 

• Plant Inspection Stations
• Postentry Quarantine
• Predeparture
• Quarantine Treatments
• Risk-Based Sampling
• Quarantine Screening of Restricted Plant Materials
• Smuggling Interdiction and Trade Compliance

Offshore Plant Health Safeguarding Activities

• Greater Caribbean Safeguarding Initiative
• North American Sea Container Initiative
• Preclearance Activities