E2/Antigua UNITED STATES DEPART? "SB? OF AGRICULTURE Agricultural Research Administration Bureau »f Entomology and Plant Quarantine Washington 25, D. C. January 20, 1945 B. E. P. Q.— 374, Revised PLANT-QUARANTINE IMPORT RESTRICTIONS PRESIDENCY OF ANTIGUA, B. "7. I. This summary of the plant quarantine import restrictions of the Presidency of Antigua, B. '.".'• 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 v/as prepared by Richard Faxon and ?.♦ G. Oakley of the Division of Foreign Plant Quarantines from Governor's Proclamation No. 11, dated September IS, 1937 and from informa- tion supplied by the American Consulate. It was reviewed by the Director of Agriculture of the Presidency of Antigua* 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 sub- stitute for, the original text of the proclamation, and it is not to be interpreted as legally authoritative. The proclama- tion itself should be consulted for the exact text. P. N. Annand Chief, Bureau of Entomology and Plant Quarantine B. E. P. 3.-374, Revised PLANT -QUARiiUTI TC IMPORT RESTRICTIONS OF THE ' PR^SIBENCY OF ANTIGUA, B. ft. I. BASIC LEGISLATION : •' . , Statutory Rules and Order, No. 11 of 1937, Proclamation dated September 13, 1937, and made under Section 5 of the Plants Protec- tion Ordinance,' 1923 (vorified by American Consulate on November 29, 1944 as representing most recent import regulations of Antigua) GENERAL REGUIATION The follo-ving schedules indicate articles whose importation is absolutely prohibited, and articles whose importation is permitted cnljr U}iier license by the Governor, and articles for which a certificate of origin is required. FIRST SCHEDULE . IMPORTATION ABSOLUTELY PROHIBITED B&HANA FRUITS " (I/ins a spp.) from all countries except the other s o: the Leeward Islands (An^uilla, Dominica, isls I'ont.serrat , N^vis^ St. Kitts, and British- Virgin Islands), and the United States of America, to prevent the introduc- tion of the Panama dise&ge- (Fusarium cubense E.F. Sm. ). CITRUS: All fruit and plants of the citrus family and earts of such fruits and plants from Cuba, Haiti, Dominican Republic, Jamaica, Venezuela, and the United States of America. ALL OTHER FRUITS except plantains, nuts, dried, canned, candied, or other processed fruits, from Bahamas, Bermuda, British Guiana, and all other countries except the British Isles, Canada, the British "est Indies, and the United States of America, to prevent' the introduction of the Mediterranean fruitfly (Ceratitis capitata "Tied. ). ♦ 2 - ALL VEGETABLES except onions, Irish potatoes, canned or processed vegetables, from the sources indicated in the preceding . paragraph, to prevent the introduction of the Mediterranean fruitfly ( Ceratitis capitata Wied. ). PIITENTA and BAY TREE from Jamaica. COTTONSEED, cottonseed hulls, cake and meal and other cottonseed products, seed cotton, cotton lint and any part of the cotton plant and any other malvaceous plant and any part thereof; fertilizers and stock feeds containing cottonseed meals pillows and bedding material containing seed cotton, cotton lint or any part of the cotton plant; all agricultural produce in bags; second-hand empty ba.^s and baling material; and personal ba^ga^e and effects of any description, pack- ages, containers and coverings which contain or are reason- ably suspected to have contained any of the article's specified in the first part of this paragraph, from Cuba, Haiti, and the Dominican Republic. PERSONAL BAGGAGE and EFFECTS of any description which have been in contact or' in or close proximity: to other baggage, cargo, produce, or articles of any despription infected, or reason- ably suspected to be infected, with the cotton boll weevil ( Antho nomus grand is Boheman). ARTICLES which have formed PART OF A CARGO of a ship, another part of the cargo of which has been found to be infected or is reasonably suspected to be infegted with the cotton boll we e v i 1 ( Ant h o ... dm a s g r a nd i s Bo hema n ) . SOIL from Bahamas., Bermuda, British Guiana, Trinidad, and all other countries and places except the British Isles, Canada, the other islands of the British A'est Indies not specified in this item, and the United States of America. SECOND SCHEDULE ARTICLES PROHIBITED CONDITIONALLY' Admitted Under License Granted by the Governor SUGARCANE ( Saccharum officinarum L. ) seedlings and plants and all parts of the sugarcane: Importation prohibited from all countries and places, except under license, to prevent the in troduct' : on of sugarcane diseases. UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA ,1111111 3 1262 09245 1680 BAHAMA PLANTS ( Musa spp.) and parts thereof: Importation prohibited from all countries and places, except under license, to pre- vent the introduction of Panama disease .(Fusa'r 3 urn cubense E.?, Smith). COTTONSEED, cotton lint, seed cotton, and all packages, coverings, containers, bags, and ether articles and things which have been used as packings, coverings or bags for any, cottonseed, cotton lint or seed cotton: Importation prohibited from'" all countries -and places other than Cuba, Haiti, and the Dominican Republic, except under license, to prevent the introduction of the pink bollworm ' (Pcctinophora gossypiella Saund.). SraOIfl-SD GOGON-UTS ( Cccos nucifera L. ) : Importation prohibited fr om r oada, St. Lucia, St. Vincent, Trinidad, Cuba, Jamaica and Central and South America, except under license, to prevent the introduction of the rod ring disease caused by the nematode (Aphelenchojdes cocophilus (Cobb) Goodey). CITRUS: All fruits and. plants of trie citrus family and parts there' of from all countries other than Cuba, Haiti, Dominican Re- public, Jamaica, Venezuela, the United States of America, and the other islands of. the Leeward Islands Colony, are admitted onl5 r under license. SOIL A 7>T D PLANTS GROWING IN SOIL: Importation prohibited from all countries except under license and subject to fumigation im- mediately on landing.. Certificate of Origin Required ALL OTH^R FRUIT except plantains, nuts, dried, canned, candied or other processed fruits, and ALL VEGETABLES except onions, Irish potat^s," . canned or preserved vegetables, from the. British Isles, Canada, the United States of America, and the British -test Indies, except the other islands of the Leonard Islands Colony, must be accompanied by a certificate of origin from a responsible authority stating that such fruit was not ~rown in a country or place from whence its import:. ti on is prohibited.