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7 CFR §357.4

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Plants and products containing plant materials are excepted from the declaration requirement if:
  1. (a)The plant is used exclusively as packaging material to support, protect, or carry another item, unless the packaging material itself is the item being imported; or
  2. (b)The plant material in a product represents no more than 5 percent of the total weight of the individual product unit, provided that the total weight of the plant material in an entry of products in the same 10-digit provision of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States does not exceed 2.9 kilograms.
  3. (c)A product will not be eligible for an exception under paragraph (b) of this section if it contains plant material listed:
    1. (1)In an appendix to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (27 UST 1087; TIAS 8249);
    2. (2)As an endangered or threatened species under the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.); or
    3. (3)Pursuant to any State law that provides for the conservation of species that are indigenous to the State and are threatened with extinction.