[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 7, Volume 5]
[Revised as of January 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 7CFR352.11]

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                          TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
 
 CHAPTER III--ANIMAL AND PLANT HEALTH INSPECTION SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF 
                               AGRICULTURE
 
PART 352--PLANT QUARANTINE SAFEGUARD REGULATIONS--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 352.11  Mail.

    (a) Transit mail. (1) Plants, plant products, plant pests, and soil 
which arrive in the United States in closed dispatches by international 
mail or international parcel post and which are in transit through the 
United States to another country shall be allowed to move through the 
United States without further permit than the authorization contained in 
this section. Notice of arrival shall not be required as other 
documentation meets the requirement for this notice.
    (2) Inspectors ordinarily will not inspect transit mail or parcel 
post, whether transmitted in open mail or in closed dispatches. They may 
do so if it comes to their attention that any such mail or parcel post 
contains prohibited or restricted products or articles which require 
safeguard action. Inspection and disposal in such cases will be made in 
accordance with this part and part 330 of this chapter, and in 
conformity with regulations and procedures of the Post Office Department 
for handling transit mail and parcel post.
    (b) Importation for exportation. Plants and plant products to be 
imported for exportation, by mail, will be handled

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under permit in accordance with Part 351 of this chapter.