Fresh Fruits and Vegetables Import Manual 1 - Phytosanitary ...

Procedures
Noncommercial Quantities of Japanese Produce Entering Hawaii
Noncommercial Quantities of Japanese Produce Entering Hawaii
Use Table 2-15 to correctly regulate noncommercial importations of small
quantities of admissible Japanese produce entering Hawaii. Japanese produce
may have been intercepted in baggage, cargo, or the mail, but cannot require
treatment as a condition of entry.
Table 2-15 Action to Take on Noncommercial Consignments of Admissible
Japanese Produce Entering Hawaii
If the commodity is:
Asparagus, blueberry
(Vaccinium spp.) 1 ,
Cannonball fruit,
Chinese water chestnut,
cyprus corm, lily bulb,
maguey leaf,
mushroom, palm heart
(peeled) 2 , sand pear, St.
John's bread,
strawberry, tamarind
bean pod, truffle, water
chestnut, or yam
Kind not listed above,
but is admissible
without treatment from
Japan
And was
harvested in: And there is: Then:
Southern islands of
Amami, Bonin,
Ryukyu, Tokara, or
Volcano Islands
Northern islands of
Japan (those not
listed above)
Inconclusive or no
proof of origin
Conclusive proof of
origin3 RELEASE
PROHIBIT
ENTRY
RELEASE
1 These are temperate zone crops that will not grow on the tropical Amami, Bonin, Ryukyu,
Tokara, or Volcano Islands.
2 All outer green tissue must be removed, leaving a white to off-white piece of the stem.
3 Conclusive proof that the produce did not originate on Amami, Bonin, Ryukyu, Tokara, or
Volcano Islands (acceptable proofs of origin include statements on commercial packaging and
foreign phytosanitary certificates).
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