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Your Declaration
Customs declarations, Form 6059B, are distributed on vessels
and planes and are available in the following languages: English,
French, Spanish, German, Italian, Dutch, Portuguese, Polish, Japanese,
Chinese, and Korean. Fill out your declaration before you arrive
so you can speed your customs and immigration clearance. You must
complete the information requested on the front of the declaration.
You need not itemize things you brought with you for personal use--for
example, clothing, toiletries, portable radios--if they are within
the exemptions allowed for arriving nonresidents. You must, however,
declare the value of any gifts,
business articles, or items not for your own use that you have brought
with you to the United States.
You may declare these articles orally
at the time of your Customs inspection; the Customs inspector may,
however, ask you to list them on the back of your declaration form.
Persons arriving by land transportation will make an oral declaration
if all the articles they brought are within the allowed exemptions.
Written
Declaration
When making your written declaration,
you must list all goods accompanying you other than your personal
effects, along with their price or value. This includes gifts for
other people, articles carried for someone else, articles for sale,
and commercial samples. You need not list wearing apparel, articles
of personal adornment, toiletries, and similar personal effects
that you owned abroad and have brought for your own use.
The purchase price of articles you
declare must be stated in U.S. dollars. If you don't know the price,
say so. If the article was a gift, state the fair value, in U.S.
dollars, in the country where it was acquired. Misinformation can
result in delays and even penalties.
Family
Declaration
The head of a family may make a joint
declaration for all members residing in the same household and traveling
together to the United States.
Your
Exemptions
In clearing U.S. Customs, a traveler
is considered either a returning resident of the United States
or a nonresident. In addition to visitors, nonresident status
also applies to:
- Persons emigrating to the United
States;
- Children born abroad who have never
resided in the United States; and
- Persons who left the United States
after establishing residency with no intention of reestablishing
U.S. residency.
U.S. residents stationed or working
abroad may also claim nonresident status when returning to the United
States for a short visit, provided all articles (except gifts and
items consumed during their visit) are exported upon leaving the
United States.
Articles brought into the United States
are subject to duty and internal revenue tax unless they are prohibited
entry, but as a visitor or nonresident, you are allowed
certain exemptions and privileges, which are listed below.
Personal
Effects
Wearing apparel, jewelry, toiletries,
hunting and fishing equipment, cameras, portable radios, and similar
personal effects are exempt from duty if: they are for personal
use; they belong to you; and they accompany you into and out of
the United States.
If you are emigrating to the
United States, jewelry or similar articles of personal adornment
valued at $300 or more and passed free of duty under your personal
customs exemption cannot be sold within three years unless duty
is paid. If duty is not paid before the sale is completed, the articles
will become subject to seizure.
Alcoholic
Beverages
Nonresidents who are at least 21 years
old may bring in, free of duty and Internal Revenue Tax, up to one
liter of alcoholic beverage--beer, wine, liquor--for personal use.
Quantities above the one-liter limitation are subject to duty and
internal revenue tax.
In addition to federal laws, you must
also meet state alcoholic beverage laws, which may be more
restrictive than federal laws. This means that if the state in which
you arrive permits less liquor, wine, or beer than you have legally
brought into the United States, that state's laws apply to your
importation of alcoholic beverages for personal use.
Shipping of alcoholic beverages
by mail is prohibited by United States postal laws.
Tobacco
Products
You may include in your personal exemption
not more than 200 cigarettes (one carton) or 50 cigars or two kilograms
(4.4 lbs.) of smoking tobacco, or proportionate amounts of each.
An additional 100 cigars may be brought in under your gift exemption.
Cigars of Cuban origin are generally
prohibited entry, even for personal use. Check with the Customs
attaché at the American Embassy if you have any questions
on this subject.
Vehicles
You may temporarily import an automobile,
trailer, airplane, motorcycle, boat, or similar vehicle for the
transportation of yourself, your family, and your guests.
Motor vehicles and motor-vehicle equipment
for personal use may be imported for up to one year. The vehicle
must be imported in connection with your arrival, and it must be
owned by you or on order before you depart from abroad.
A vehicle cannot be sold in the United
States unless it complies with U.S. laws governing motor vehicles.
The laws governing motor-vehicle safety apply to all vehicles other
than motorcycles if their date of entry in the U.S. is less than
25 years after the date of manufacture. Motor vehicle safety laws
also apply to motorcycles manufactured after January 1, 1969. Federal
law also requires that motor vehicles beginning with the 1969 model
year, and motorcycles manufactured after December 31, 1977, meet
all air-pollution control standards. Finally, federal cost savings
standards relating to imported vehicles must also be complied with.
Nonresident visitors to the United States are exempt from the foregoing
standards provided that the vehicle is imported for a period
not to exceed one year and the vehicle is for personal use.
If you plan to emigrate to the United
States and import your car permanently, or if you intend to sell
your vehicle, see Importing
Your Car into the U.S., or Requirements for Exporting a Car.
Household
Effects
You may import furniture, dishes, linens,
libraries, artwork, and similar household furnishings free of duty.
To be eligible for the duty-free exemption, the articles must have
either been available for your use, or used in a household where
you were a resident member, for one year. The year of use need not
be continuous, nor does it need to be the year immediately preceding
the date of importation. Household effects from the country where
these effects were used and meeting the above criteria may be entered
into the United States within 10 years after your last arrival in
the United States.
Household effects may not be entered
under your duty-free exemption if they are for another person or
for sale.
Professional
Equipment
A person emigrating to the United States
may enter professional equipment free of duty if it was owned and
used abroad; this includes professional books and tools of trade,
occupation, or employment. Theatrical scenery, properties, or apparel
and articles for use in any manufacturing establishment are not
eligible for this exemption.
Gift Exemptions
As a nonresident, you are allowed up
to $100 worth of merchandise, free of duty and internal revenue
tax, as gifts for other people. To claim this exemption, you must
remain in the United States for at least 72 hours, and the gifts
must accompany you.
This $100 gift exemption, or any part
of it, can be claimed only once every six months. You may include
100 cigars within the gift exemption, but alcoholic beverages may
not be included.
Family members may not group their
gift exemptions. For example, say a husband and wife are bringing
a $200 gift to a friend in the United States. Only one family member
would be allowed to claim the $100 gift exemption. The remaining
$100 would be dutiable at the flat rate of duty. However, the husband
and wife could each bring in a $100 gift, and each would be granted
the gift exemption as long as other Customs requirements are met.
If you've used your gift exemption
and then return to the United States before the six-month period
has ended, you may still bring in up to $200 worth of merchandise
free of duty for your personal or household use. Any of the
following may be included in this $200 exemption: 50 cigarettes,
100 cigars, 150 milliliters of alcoholic beverages, 150 milliliters
of perfume containing alcohol, or equivalent amounts of each. If
you exceed any of these limitations, however, or if the total value
of all dutiable articles exceeds $200, no exemption can be applied.
Do not gift-wrap your articles
because they must be available for Customs inspection.
Wedding
Gifts
No specific duty exemption for wedding
gifts is granted to nonresidents. If a U.S. resident goes abroad
to marry a person of another country, that person will be granted
resident status when the couple returns to the U.S. to reside. See
Customs Information for Residents (Know Before
You Go).
Gifts
Sent by Mail
Persons in the United States may receive
free of duty a gift mailed from a foreign country or from a Caribbean
Basin beneficiary country, if the shipment does not exceed $100
in fair retail value. If the gift is sent from the U.S. Virgin Islands,
American Samoa, or Guam, the duty-free gift exemption rises to $200.
You may send as many gifts as you wish, but the U.S. recipient will
have to pay duty if the gift parcels received in one day total more
than $100 (or $200) in fair retail value. Gifts that exceed these
amounts will be subject to duty based upon their entire value; there
is no $100 (or $200) deduction for gifts sent from abroad.
Packages should be marked "Unsolicited
Gift," with the donor's name, nature of the gift, and the package's
fair retail value clearly written on the outside wrapper. When you
arrive in the United States, you do not need to declare to Customs
any gifts you have sent from abroad.
Alcoholic beverages, tobacco
products, and perfumes containing alcohol may not be included under
the provision for gifts mailed from abroad.
Duty-Free
Shops
Articles purchased in duty-free shops,
or on a plane or ship, are subject to Customs duty and other applicable
restrictions, but may be included in your duty-free exemption. Articles
bought in American duty-free shops are also subject to Customs duty
and internal revenue tax if reentered into the United States.
Other
Exemptions / Duty Calculation in Transit Through the U.S.
A nonresident transiting through the
United States may have in his or her possession dutiable articles
not exceeding $200 in value, which can include up to four liters
of alcoholic beverages, without having to pay duty, if the nonresident
is taking these articles to a place outside the Customs territory
of the United States.
Articles
Free of Duty Under Trade Agreements
The United States has trade agreements
with some nations that affect the duty status of certain goods from
those nations, sometimes allowing the goods to be entered duty-free.
One such agreement of special interest to travelers is the Generalized
System of Preferences, under which certain items from developing
countries are eligible for duty-free treatment. An advisory list
of the most popular tourist items accorded this special duty-free
status is contained in the pamphlet GSP
and the Traveler, which
may be obtained from the U.S. Customs Service or from Customs attachés
at American
embassies abroad.
The GSP program first went into effect
in 1976, although its provisions have expired several times since
then. It has been extended through June 30, 1998; beyond that date,
you should contact a Customs port of entry
or the Customs attachés at American
embassies abroad to verify
the status of these provisions.
Articles
Subject to Duty
Imported articles that cannot be claimed
under the exemptions discussed above are subject to duty and tax.
After deducting your exemptions and the value of any duty-free articles,
a flat rate of duty of 10 percent will be applied to the next $1,000
(fair retail value in the country of acquisition) worth of merchandise.
Any dollar amounts or articles above $1,000 will be dutiable at
whatever duty rate(s) apply to the merchandise.
Articles to which the flat rate of
duty is applied must accompany you and must be for your personal
use or for use as gifts. You can receive this flat-rate provision
only once every 30 days, excluding the day of your last arrival.
U.S.
Insular Possessions
For articles acquired in the U.S. Virgin
Islands, American Samoa, or Guam, the flat rate of duty is five
percent, whether the articles accompany you or are shipped directly
from these islands to the U.S. (There are special procedures that
must be followed for goods shipped from these islands to qualify
under this provision. These procedures are described in the pamphlet
International Mail Imports, available from the U.S. Customs
Service.)
Members of a family residing in the
same household and traveling together may group articles for application
of the $1,000 flat rate, regardless of which family member actually
own the articles.
Under the North American Free Trade
Agreement, the flat rate of duty decreases annually for qualifying
merchandise from Canada and Mexico.
Shipping
Household Goods to the United States
Personal and household effects entitled
to duty-free entry need not accompany you to the United States;
you may have them shipped to your U.S. address at a later time if
you choose.
A shipment of personal and/or household
effects arriving in the United States must be cleared through Customs
at its first port of arrival. If this is inconvenient, you may make
arrangements with a foreign freight-forwarder to have the effects
sent in Customs custody (called an in-bond shipment) from the port
of arrival to a more convenient port of entry for clearance. (Ask
your moving company if they offer this service.)
You must complete Customs Form 3299, Declaration for
Free Entry of Unaccompanied Articles,
to give the Customs officer when the shipment is cleared through
Customs.
It is not necessary to employ a Customs
broker to clear your shipment through Customs. You may do it yourself
after you arrive in the United States, or you may designate a relative
or friend to represent you in Customs matters. If you choose a broker,
friend, or relative, you must give that person a letter addressed
to "Officer in Charge of Customs" authorizing that individual
to represent you as your agent on a one-time basis to clear your
shipment through Customs.
All shipments must be cleared within
five working days after they arrive in the United States. If a shipment
is not cleared within that time, it will be sent, at the owner's
risk and expense, to a warehouse for storage until Customs clearance
can be made. Articles may be auctioned off if not claimed within
six months.
Prohibited
& Restricted Articles
Because Customs inspectors are stationed
at ports of entry and along our land and sea borders, they are often
called upon to enforce laws and requirements of other U.S. government
agencies. This is done to protect public health and safety and to
preserve domestic plant and animal life.
Should you attempt to bring in merchandise
that is prohibited by law, it will be seized and you may be liable
for a personal penalty. Restricted merchandise must be inspected
by the agency that imposed the restrictions--for example, the Departments of Agriculture and
Transportation, the Environmental Protection Agency,
the Food
and Drug Administration,
and others. Only then will it be released; it may be detained, however,
until conditions attached to the restrictions are complied with--for
example, making automotive modifications required to meet U.S. safety
standards or obtaining certain inoculations for pets. You will be
given a receipt for any articles that Customs detains.
Prohibited articles include: lottery
tickets, narcotics and dangerous drugs, obscene articles and publications,
seditious and treasonable materials, hazardous articles (e.g., fireworks,
dangerous toys, toxic or poisonous substances), products made by
prison convicts or forced labor, and switchblade knives (the only
exception is for a one-armed traveler, in which case the blade must
be no longer than three inches).
Biological
Materials
Unsterilized specimens of human and
animal tissue (including blood, bodily discharges and excretions);
cultures of living bacteria, viruses or similar organisms; animals
suspected of being infected with a disease transmissible to humans;
and insects, snails, and bats may require an import permit from
the Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention. You may also write to: Office
of Health and Safety, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
(F-05), 1600 Clifton Road NE, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA.
Biological materials produced from
animals or animal products may require an additional permit from
the Animal and Plant Health Inspection
Service(APHIS) of the U.S. Department of
Agriculture (USDA). For further information and an application
for an import permit, you may also write to: USDA's Import-Export Products Staff,
APHIS, Federal Building, 6505 Belcrest Road, Hyattsville, MD 20782,
USA.
Books,
Video Tapes, Computer Programs & Cassettes
Pirated copies of copyrighted articles
-- that is, unlawfully made reproductions; articles produced without
the copyright owner's authorization--are prohibited from importation
into the United States. Pirated copies will be seized and destroyed.
Artifacts/Cultural
Property
An export certificate is required by
most Latin American countries to export pre-Columbian artifacts,
monumental and architectural sculpture, or murals, whether they
are shipped directly or indirectly from the country of origin into
the United States.
Firearms
& Ammunition
If your travel to the U.S.
is primarily for the purpose of hunting or lawful sporting activities,
your firearms and ammunition may be brought into the United States
provided you take the firearms and any remaining unfired ammunition
out of the United States when you depart.
If hunting or a sporting event is a secondary reason for coming
to the U.S., i.e., you are moving here temporarily or permanently,
your firearms and ammunition are subject to restrictions and import
permits. Fully automatic weapons and semi-automatic assault-type
weapons are prohibited. For complete information, contact the Bureau
of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms,
Department of the Treasury, Firearms and Explosives Import Branch,
Washington, D.C. 20226, USA.
Food
Products
Bakery items and all cured cheeses
are admissible. The USDA's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
(APHIS) publishes a pamphlet called Travelers Tips, which
offers detailed information on bringing food, plant, and animal
products into this country. Imported foods are also subject to requirements
of the Food and Drug Administration.
Fruits,
Vegetables, Plants
Many fruits, vegetables, plants, cuttings,
seeds, unprocessed plant products, and certain endangered plant
species are either prohibited from entering the country or require
an import permit. Endangered or threatened species of plants and
plant products, if not prohibited from importation, will require
an export permit from the country of origin. Every single plant,
plant product, fruit, or vegetable must be declared to the Customs
officer and must be presented for inspection no matter how free
of pests it appears to be. Most canned or processed items are admissible.
Applications for import permits or requests for
information may be addressed to: Permit Unit, USDA-APHIS-PPQ, 4700
River Rd., Unit 136, Riverdale, MD 20737-1236, USA.
Meats,
Livestock, Poultry
Meats, livestock, poultry and their
by-products (e.g., sausage, pâté) are either prohibited
or restricted from entering the United States, depending upon the
animal disease condition in the country of origin. Fresh meat is
generally prohibited from most countries. Canned meat is permitted
if the inspector can determine that it is commercially canned, cooked
in the container, hermetically sealed, and can be kept without refrigeration.
Other canned, cured, or dried meat is severely restricted.
For detailed requirements, you should
contact the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Center for Import and Export, APHIS-VS, 4700 River Rd., Unit 40, Riverdale,
MD 20737-1231, USA.
Hunting
Trophies
If you plan to import game or a hunting
trophy, first check with the Fish
and Wildlife Service. Such
items generally require a license, and only certain ports
are designated to handle them. Hunting trophies and hides must be
shipped to a USDA-approved taxidermy service for processing. Trophies
may also be subject to an APHIS inspection for sanitary purposes.
General guidelines for importing game and trophies may be found
in APHIS's publication Travelers Tips.
Warning: Many different regulations govern the importation
of animals and animal parts. Failure to comply with them can result
in extensive or expensive delays in clearing your trophy through
Customs. In addition, federal regulations do not authorize the importation
of any wildlife or fish into any state of the United States if that
state's laws or regulations are more restrictive than any applicable
federal treatment. Wild animals taken, killed, sold, possessed,
or exported to the United States in violation of any foreign laws
are also not allowed entry into the United States.
Medicine/Narcotics
Narcotics and dangerous drugs
are prohibited entry. There are severe civil and/or criminal penalties
if imported.
A traveler requiring medicines containing
habit-forming drugs or narcotics (e.g., cough medicine, diuretics,
heart drugs, tranquilizers, sleeping pills, antidepressants, stimulants,
etc.) should:
- Have all drugs, medicines, and similar
products properly identified;
- Carry only such quantity as would
normally be used by an individual having the health problem requiring
the drugs or medicines in your possession;
- Have either a prescription or written
statement from your personal physician that the medicine is being
used under a doctor's direction and that it is necessary for your
physical well-being while traveling.
- Declare such drugs or medications
to the Customs officer.
Merchandise
from Embargoed Countries
The importation of merchandise or goods
that contain components from the following countries is generally
prohibited under regulations administered by the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC):
Cuba, Iran, Iraq, Libya, North Korea, and Sudan. This list is subject
to change depending upon the international political climate and
foreign-policy concerns.
These restrictions do not apply to
informational materials such as pamphlets, books, tapes, films,
or recordings, except those from Iraq.
Foreign visitors to the United States
are advised to contact OFAC regarding the importation of goods for
their personal use that are not imported for resale and are not
in commercial quantities; bringing in goods that originate in any
of the countries listed above may require authorization from OFAC.
This authorization must be obtained before the traveler arrives
in the United States.
For more information, visitors to the
United States may write to OFAC at: Office of Foreign Assets Control;
U.S. Department of the Treasury; 1500 Pennsylvania Avenue NW; Washington,
DC 20220, USA, or contact the American
Embassy in
their home country.
Money
There is no limit on the total amount
of monetary instruments that may be brought into or taken out of
the United States, nor is it illegal to do so. However, if you transport
or cause to be transported (including by mail or other means), more
than $10,000 in monetary instruments on any occasion into or out
of the United States, or if you receive more than that amount, you
must file a report (Customs Form 4790)
with U.S. Customs. Failure to comply can result in civil and criminal
penalties, including seizure of the currency or monetary instruments.
Monetary instruments include U.S. or foreign coin, currency, travelers
checks, money orders, and negotiable instruments or investment securities
in bearer form.
Pets
There are controls, restrictions, and
prohibitions on bringing animals, birds, turtles, wildlife, and
endangered species into the United States. The following is a limited
overview.
- Cats must be free of evidence
of diseases communicable to man when examined at the port of entry.
If the animal is not in apparent good health, further examination
by a licensed veterinarian may be required at the owner's expense.
- Dogs must be free of evidence
of diseases communicable to man and must be vaccinated against
rabies at least 30 days prior to arrival. (This requirement does
not apply to puppies less than three months of age; puppies up
to three months must be confined at the owner's expense, then
immunized and confined for an additional 30 days.) A valid rabies
vaccination certificate must accompany the animal. This certificate
should identify the animal, the dates of vaccination and expiration,
and bear the signature of a licensed veterinarian. If no expiration
date is specified, the certificate is acceptable if the date of
vaccination is no more than 12 months prior to arrival in the
United States. Vaccination against rabies is not required for
dogs arriving from rabies-free countries.
- Personally-owned pet birds may
be entered, but only two may be entered from the psittacine family.
APHIS and Public Health Service requirements must be met, which
may include quarantine at the owner's expense at an APHIS facility
at specified locations. Advance reservations are required for
quarantines.
- Non-human primates such as
monkeys, apes and similar animals may not be imported.
For more detailed information on entering
the U.S. with your pet (including important links), see Bringing Your
Pet with You to the U.S. You
should also check with state and local authorities about any restrictions
and prohibitions they may have before importing a pet. Hawaii,
in particular has strict quarantine requirements for pets.
Trademarked
Articles
Trademark owners often register their
trademarks with the Customs Service, even when the trademarked merchandise
is foreign-made, in order to control the importation of counterfeits.
Customs imposes restrictions on the importation of articles whose
trademarks have been registered, and these restrictions apply to
purchases that accompany nonresident visitors.
Visitors are allowed an exemption,
usually one article of each type bearing a protected trademark.
One-of-each-type means one pair of shoes, one scarf, one coat, one
handbag, one camera, one watch, or one bottle of perfume, for example,
regardless of whose trademark the articles bear and regardless of
whether the products are genuine, gray market, or counterfeit.
Gray-market merchandise is genuine,
legitimately manufactured, noncounterfeit merchandise whose importation
is restricted to a certain number or quantity. Items that are new,
intended as gifts, or imported in such quantity as to be construed
a commercial importation, may likely be gray-market items, so travelers
are advised to restrict themselves to one of each type. Items that
are clearly personal effects--one's clothing, for example--have
no such restrictions.
As a visitor, you may claim this exemption
for the same type of article once every 30 days. If the exempted
article is sold within the year following importation, it is subject
to forfeiture, and you may be assessed a financial penalty based
upon its value.
Fish &
Wildlife
Fish and Wildlife are subject to import
and export restrictions, prohibitions, permits, certificates, and
quarantine requirements that cover:
- Wild birds, mammals, marine mammals,
reptiles, crustaceans, fish, and mollusks;
- Any part or product thereof, such
as skins, feathers, eggs; and
- Products and articles manufactured
from wildlife and fish.
Endangered species of wildlife and
products made from them are prohibited from importation and exportation.
All ivory and ivory products made from elephant or marine ivory
are generally prohibited. Antiques containing wildlife parts may
be imported provided they can be documented as being at least 100
years old.
Federal regulations do not authorize
the importation of any wildlife or fish into any state of the United
States if the state's laws or regulations are more restrictive than
any applicable federal treatment. Wild mammals or birds taken, killed,
sold, possessed, or exported to the United States in violation of
any foreign laws are also not allowed entry into the United States.
If you contemplate importing articles
made from wildlife such as tortoise-shell jewelry, leather goods,
articles made from whalebone, ivory, skins, or furs, contact the
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Division of Law Enforcement,
P.O. Box 3247, Arlington, VA 22203-3247, USA, before you leave for
the States. Ask for the pamphlet Fish and Wildlife from
the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service
(for publications call 304-876-7203, or fax a request to 304-876-7689).
Visas
Foreign citizens who wish to visit
or stay in the United States temporarily, whether for tourism, business,
study, or medical reasons, must generally obtain a visa issued by
the U.S. Department of State before traveling to the country.
To obtain a visa, or more information
on this topic, see What
is a Visa?, or our Temporary
Visitor Home Page, or contact
your nearest U.S.
Consulate or Embassy.
Questions
About Sales Tax
Foreign visitors to the United States
frequently confuse the state sales tax with the value-added
tax (VAT). The state sales tax is a small tax on purchases or services,
calculated at the time of purchase, which individual states assess
and which the U.S. federal government neither determines nor receives.
The VAT, on the other hand, is a national tax commonly applied in
foreign countries that is included in the actual sales price rather
than at the time of purchase. The United States does not have a
VAT, and the federal government cannot refund state sales taxes.
State taxes are generally not charged
to diplomats or employees of some international organizations who
have been issued a tax-exemption card. This card must be presented
at the time of purchase in order for sales taxes to be waived.
Also, many states do not charge tax
on items shipped out of state. Ask about state sales-tax policies
in the state where you make your purchases.
HELP!
All regulations of Customs and other
agencies are not covered in full, and they are subject to change.
If you have questions before you depart for the United States, please
contact the Customs Attaché or Commercial Officer at
your nearest U.S.
Consulate or Embassy,
or the appropriate agency below.
U.S. Customs Service
If you are outside the
United States, contact the Customs Attaché or Commercial
Officer at your
nearest U.S. Consulate or Embassy.
U.S. Public Health Service
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Division of Quarantine (E-03)
Atlanta, GA 30333
Tel. (404)639-8107
http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dq/animal.htm ;and
http://www.cdc.gov/od/ohs/biosfty/imprtper.htm
National Center for Import and
Export
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Unit 40
Riverdale, MD 20737-1234
Tel. (301)734-3277
Fax (301)734-8226
http://www.aphis.usda.gov/ncie
To obtain wildlife permits:
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Office of Managment Authority
4401 N. Fairfax Drive, Room
700
Arlington, Virginia 22203
Tel. 1-800-358-2104
Fax (703)358-2281
http://www.fws.gov(International
Affairs)
To learn clearance requirements for
fish and wildlife:
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Office of Law Enforcement
P.O. Box 3247
Arlington, Virginia 22203
http://www.fws.gov(Law
Enforcement)
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