[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 19, Volume 1]

[Revised as of April 1, 2005]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 19CFR12.32]



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                        TITLE 19--CUSTOMS DUTIES

 

   CHAPTER I--BUREAU OF CUSTOMS AND BORDER PROTECTION, DEPARTMENT OF 

              HOMELAND SECURITY; DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

 

PART 12_SPECIAL CLASSES OF MERCHANDISE--Table of Contents

 

Sec.  12.32  Honeybees and honeybee semen.



    (a) Honeybees from any country may be imported into the U.S. by the 

Department of Agriculture for experimental or scientific purposes. All 

other importations of honeybees are prohibited except those from a 

country which the Secretary of Agriculture has determined to be free of 

diseases dangerous to honeybees.

    (b) Honeybee semen may be imported into the U.S. only from countries 

determined by the Secretary of Agriculture to be free of undesirable 

honeybees, and which take adequate precautions to prevent the 

importation of undersirable honeybees and their semen.

    (c) The importation of honeybees and honeybee semen is governed by 

joint regulations of the Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of 

the Treasury published in Treasury Decisions and the Federal Register 

from time to time.



[T.D. 85-3, 50 FR 1044, Jan. 9, 1985, as amended by T.D. 89-1, 53 FR 

51253, Dec. 21, 1988]



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