Animal Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) Lacey
Under the Lacey Act, the U.S. Department of Agriculture Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) requires plant/plant product importers to provide APHIS information along with the import declaration when filing with Customs.
The terms plant/plant products are defined as "any member of the plant kingdom", including trees from either natural or planted forest stands. This includes raw plant materials, raw wood, and anything manufactured from raw plant materials or wood under the protection of the Lacey Act.
See Add/Modify PGA Information for directions on how to get to the APHIS Lacey section.
Figure 1: APHIS Lacey Section
See the table below for field definitions in the APHIS Lacey section. After you have finished filling out the fields, click Save to save the record.
A list of the fields that appear in the APHIS Lacey section:
Field |
Description |
|---|---|
Status |
If this PGA is non-applicable, select the status to Disclaimed, followed by a Disclaim Reason Code. |
Disclaim Reason Code |
If the PGA is non-applicable, select Disclaimed for the Status and then you must also select a disclaim reason code. This provides a clear and explicit flagging for these disclaim situations. |
Description |
The Description field has an icon with a blue arrow that you can click to populate the PGA Description field with whatever is listed in the Commercial Description in the main product screen. It is optional to use this feature, and a given PGA description does not necessarily need to match the main product Commercial Description. |
Notes |
Space for notes. |
Element |
|
Constituent Element |
Enter the name of the element here. The element is the specific name of the article/component of article. |
Percent Recycled |
Enter the percentage if the item contains any recycled material. |
Scientific Name |
Click Add New Scientific Name to add additional scientific names. |
Quantity |
Enter the quantity of the plant material. |
Genus |
Enter the element’s genus. |
Species |
Enter the element’s species. If you don’t know the name of the species, click the website link to access APHIS website. |
Country |
Enter the country of harvest. |
Source Type |
Select where the product source came from. |
Quantity |
Enter the quantity. |
Unit of Measure |
Select the unit of measure from the drop-down list. |
Unknown Quantity Flag |
Select if there is an unknown quantity of the plant material. |
Permit |
Click Add New Permit to add additional permits. |
Name |
Select the name of the permit from the drop-down list. |
Number |
Enter the number of the permit. |
Type |
Select the type of permit from the drop-down list. |
Date Type |
Select the date type from the drop-down list. |
Date |
Enter the date for the date type. |
Trade Partners |
Click Add New Partner to add additional trade partners. |
Code |
Enter
the supplier/vendor's Trade Partner ID by entering the
reference or clicking |
Role |
Select the role of the Trade Partner from the drop-down list. |
to select.
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