UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE Bureau of Entomology and Plant Quarantine 7ashington, D. C. B. S. P. Q.— 374 May 25, 1935 PLANT-QUARANTINE IMPORT RESTRICTIONS OF THE PRESIDENCY OF ANTIGUA, B. 1. I. Digitized by the Internet Archive in 2013 http://archive.org/details/antiguaqua35unit UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE Bureau of Entomology and Plant Quarantine Y/ashington, D. C. B. E. P. Q.~ 374 May 25, 1935 PLANT-QUARANTINE IMPORT RESTRICTIONS OF THE PRESIDENCY OF ANTIGUA, B. 1. I. This summary of the plant -quarantine import restrictions of the Presidency of Antigua, B. W. I«, has been prepared for the information of nurserymen, plant quarantine officials, and others interested in the exportation of plants and plant products to that island. The summary was prepared by Harry B. Shav/, Pathologist in Charge, Foreign Service Information,, from Proclamation No. 1, of March 8, 1935, and reviewed by the Agricultural Superintendent, of the Colony of the Leeward Islands. The information contained in this circular is believed to be correct and complete up to the time of its preparation, but it is not intended to be used independently of, nor as a substitute for, the original text of the proclamation, and it is not to be interpreted as legally authoritative. The proclamation itself should be consulted for the exact t ext . LEE A. STRONG, Chief, Bureau of Entomology and Plant Quarantine. PLANT-QUARANTINE IMPORT RESTRICTIONS of Tin; PRESIDENCY OF ATTICUA, B. W. I. (Including the Islands cf Barbuda and Redonda) CONCISE SUMMARY Applicable to Plant Material Originating in the United States Importation prohibited; None . Import at ion conditional; - Sugarcane plants and parts thereof; rooted citrus plants; cottonseed, cotton lint, and seed cotton; soil and plants growing in soil: Importation into the Presidency sub- ject to a license granted by the Governor. ~7ith the above exceptions, plants and plant products, free from soil, may be imported into the Presidency of Antigua, without a phyto- sanitary certificate or other restriction. BASIC' LEGISLATION •"- Ordinance No. 16 "of December 29, 1923, known as the Plant Protection Ordinance, 1923 This Ordinance authorizes the Governor to impose restrictions or prohibitions on the importation into Antigua of plants and plant products in the following terms; Article 5, (1) The Governor may from time to time by proclama- tion prohibit the importation into the Presidency of any plants, parts of plant 3, seeds, fruits, soil, or any class of goods, packages, cover- ings, or other articles or things named and specified in such procla- mation. (2) The Governor may from time to time by proclama- tion order that the plants, parts of plants, etc. (as listed in the pre- ceding, paragraph) shall not be imported into the presidency except upon such condlti'dlls 'aa Jday be -gpeeif led- iu .such proclamation. (3) Every plant, article, or thing named in any proc- lamation in force under this Ordinance coming into this Presidency or any -2- part thereof by sea, may be deemed to have come from a place the intro- duction thereof from which is prohibited by this Ordinance and may be treated accordingly, unless the importer satisfies the Treasurer, or the principal Treasury or Revenue Officer at the port of arrival, of the contrary. Art. 6. Every plant, article, or thing imported into this Pres- idency in contravention of any proclamation under this Ordinance, or of any of the conditions imposed thereby, may be seized by any Treasury or Revenue Officer, by the Chief Inspector or any Inspector or by any member of the Leeward Islands police Force and shall there become forfeited to His Majesty and may be destroyed or otherwise dealt with as the Governor may direct. PROCLAMATION NO. 1, OF MARCH 8, 1935, PROHIBITING THE IMPORTATION OF CERTAIN PLANTS AND PLANT FR0DNCT3 This proclamation prohibits absolutely the importation into the Presidency of Antigua of the articles mentioned in the First Schedule, and prohibits conditionally the entry of those mentioned in the Second Schedule. It also prescribes that all fruits and vegetables that may be imported into the Presidency from the British Isles, Canada, the United States of America, and the British .Jest Indies shall be accompanied by a certificate from a responsible authority in the country of export stating that the said prod- ucts did not originate in a prohibited country. FIRST SCHZDITLE IMPORTATION ABSOLUTELY PROHIBITED BANANA FRUITS (Musa spp.): Importation prohibited from all countries ex- cept the other islands of the Leeward Islands (Anguilla, Dominica, Montserrat, Nevis, St. Kitts, and British Virgin Islands), and the United States of America, to prevent the introduction of the Pan- ama disease, Fusarium cub ens e E.F.Sm. ALL OTHER FRUITS except plantains, nuts, dried, canned, candied, or other processed fruits: Importation prohibited from Bahamas, Bermuda, British Guiana, and all other countries except the British Isles, Canada, the British Hest Indies, and the United States of America, to prevent the introduction of the Mediterranean fruit fly, Ceratitis capitata T7ied . -3- ALL VEGETABLES except onions, Irish potatoes, canned or processed veg- etables: Importation prohibited from the sources indicated in the preceding paragraph, to prevent the introduction of the Med- iterranean fruit fly, Ceratitis capitata 7/ied. SOIL: Importation prohibited from Bahamas, Bermuda, British Guiana, Trinidad, and all other countries except the British Isles, Canada, the other islands of the British Test Indies not mentioned in this paragraph, and the United States of America, to prevent the in- troduction of various soil fungi and insects. SECOND SCHEDULE IMPORTATION CONDITIONALLY PR0HI3ITED SUGARCANE (Saccharum officinarum L. ) , sugarcane seedlings and plants and all parts of the sugarcane: Importation prohibited from all coun- tries except under license granted by the Governor, to prevent the introduction of the mosaic or yellow mottling disease. BANANA PLANTS and parts thereof (Musa spp.): Importation prohibited from Bahamas, 3ermuda, British Guiana, Central America, Dutch Guiana, and any island or place in the 7/est Indies and the other islands of the Leeward Islands Colony, except under license granted by the Governor, to prevent the introduction of Panama disease, Fusarium cubense E.F.Sm. CITRUS PLANTS, ROOTED: Importation prohibited from Cuba, Haiti, .Jamaica, Santo Domingo, and the United States of America, unless under li- cense granted by the Governor, and also unless accompanied by a certificate signed by a responsible inspecting officer stating that the district from which such plants originate has not been af- fected by, or has been free for the preceding 2 years from, citrus canker, Bacterium ci tri Hasse. LIME PLANTS and parts thereof: Importation prohibited from British Guiana, Dominica, Grenada, Montserrat, St. Kitts, St. Lucia, and Trinidad, except under license granted by the Governor, to prevent the intro- duction of wither tip, Colletotrichum gloeosporioides Penz. LIME ERTJITS: Importation prohibited from Bahamas, Bermuda, British Guiana, Dominica, Grenada, Montserrat, St. Kitts, St. Lucia, Trinidad, and all other countries except the other islands of the British ^est Indies not mentioned in this paragraph, and the United States of -4- America, except under license panted by the Governor, to pre- vent the introduction of wither tip, Colletotrichum gloeosporioides Penz. COTTONSEED, COTTON LINT, AND SEED COTTON; all packages, coverings, bag3, or other articles or things that have been used as packages, cover- ings or bags for cottonseed, cotton lint and seed cotton: Impor- tation prohibited from all countries except under license granted by the Governor, to prevent the introduction of the pink bollworm, Pectinophora gossypiella Saund . SPROUTED COCONUTS (Cocos nucifera L.) : Importation prohibited from Gre- nada, St. Lucia, St. Vincent, and Trinidad, except under license granted by the Governor, to prevent the introduction of the red ring disease, caused by the nematode Anhelenchoides cqcophilus (Cobb) Goodey. SOIL AND PLANTS GROWING IN SOIL: Importation prohibited from all coun- tries, except under license granted by the Governor, to prevent the introduction of soil fungi and insects. ALL ERUITS except plantains, nuts, dried, canned, candied, or other proc- essed fruits, unless accompanied by a certificate of origin from a responsible authority stating that such fruits were grown in the United States of America, as a precaution against the introduction of the Mediterranean fruit fly, C er at it j s cap it at a Nied. UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA 3 1262 09245 1797