 
  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/USA/169/Add.2 
8 September 2004 
 (04-3747) 
Committee on Sanitary a nd Phytosanitary Measures Original:   English 
  
 
NOTIFICATION  
 
Addendum
 
 
 
 The following communication, received on 2 September 2004, is being circulated at the 
request of the delegation of the United States . 
 
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Importation of Unmanufactured Wood Articles from Mexico
 
  The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Se rvice is amending the regulations to add 
restrictions on the importation of pine and fir l ogs and lumber, as well as  other unmanufactured wood 
articles, from Mexican States adjacent to the United States/Mexico border.  This rule requires that 
these wood articles meet certain treatment and hand ling requirements to be eligible for importation 
into the United States.  This action is necessary to  prevent the introduction into the United States of 
plant pests, including forest pests, with  un-manufactured wood articles from Mexico. 
 
 The full text of this document can be obtained form:  www.aphis.usda.gov/ppd/rad/webrepor
 
or http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cg i-bin/getdoc.cgi?dbname=200 4_register&docid=fr26au04-1  
 
 On 11 June 1999, APHIS published in the Fe deral Register (64 FR 31512-31518, Docket 
No. 98-054-1) a proposal to amend the regulations by  adding restrictions on the importation of pine 
and fir logs and lumber, as well as other unmanuf actured wood articles, from the northern border 
States of Mexico.  APHIS solicited comments concerning our proposal for 60 days ending on 
10 August 1999.  APHIS received 21 comments by that date.  The comments are discussed in the final 
rule document.  In addition, on 20 September 2002, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) 
published in the Federal Register (67 FR 59284- 59285) a notice of availability of the final 
environmental impact statement (EIS) titled Rule for the Importation of Unmanufactured Wood 
Articles From Mexico, with Consideration fo r Cumulative Impact of Methyl Bromide Use.  
 
The notified document can be obtained from:  Ms. Julie Morin, U.S. Department of Agriculture, 
Stop 1027, Washington DC 20250 Tel. 202 720 4051 Fax 202 720 0677 Julie.Morin@fas.usda.gov 
 
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