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U.S. Department of Agriculture Animal and Plant Health Services International Services (IS)

U.S. Department of Agriculture Animal and Plant Health Services International Services (IS). APHIS Programs. Animal Care Biotechnology Regulatory Services Plant Protection and Quarantine Veterinary Services Wildlife Services International Services. INTERNATIONAL SERVICES OBJECTIVES.

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U.S. Department of Agriculture Animal and Plant Health Services International Services (IS)

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  1. U.S. Department of Agriculture Animal and Plant Health Services International Services (IS)

  2. APHIS Programs Animal Care Biotechnology Regulatory Services Plant Protection and Quarantine Veterinary Services Wildlife Services International Services

  3. INTERNATIONAL SERVICES OBJECTIVES Facilitate Safe Agricultural Trade Strengthen Emergency Response Preparedness Strengthen US Safeguarding Systems in Foreign Countries Facilitate Regulatory Capacity Building and Technical Cooperative Activities.

  4. IS Offices Tokyo Beijing Seoul Taipei Manila Bangkok Jakarta Vientiane New Delhi Tijuana Reynosa Guadalajara Mexico City Ottawa Santiago Brasilia Buenos Aires Montevideo Santa Cruz Bogota Lima Quito Brussels Paris Vienna The Hague Rome Cairo Senegal Capetown Pretoria Uganda (PASA) Botswana (PASA) Ghana (PASA) Addis Ababa (Pending) Guatemala Managua Tegucigalpa San Jose Santo Domingo Port-au-Prince Kingston Port-of-Spain Belize Guatemala Tapachula Tuxtla Panama City

  5. CURRENT WORKFORCE International Services is a Global Program with Offices in 32 Countries • Total Foreign Service Officers: 53 • Total Locally Engaged Staff: 162 • Total Civil Service Employees: 60

  6. CURRENT OVERSEAS PROGRAMS • Overseas Technical & Trade Operations • Mediterranean Fruit Fly • Screwworm • Mexican Fruit Fly • Foot and Mouth Disease • Classical Swine Fever • Tropical Bont Tick

  7. APHIS ATTACHE Provide internationally-based animal and plant health expertise and service, which enhances USDA/APHIS’ capacity to safeguard American agricultural health, and resolve agricultural trade barriers related to sanitary and phytosanitary issues.

  8. APHIS-Lima • Countries of Responsibilities • Peru, Chile, Ecuador • APHIS Staffing for Peru • George A. Ball, Assistant Regional Manager • Annabella Reszinzky, Agricultural Scientist (based in Santiago Chile) • Gladys Solano, Program Assistant

  9. Oversight Activities in Peru Hass Avocado Systems Approach Cold Treatments for Grapes and Citrus Papaya (future) Peppers (future)

  10. Preclearance and Offshore Programs (POP) • Manage and operate all preclearance programs under the direction of Plant Protection and Quarantine (PPQ). • Direct activities in off-shore programs. • Propagative Greenhouses in foreign countries • Various imports produced under systems approaches

  11. POP- Santiago Chile • All Preclearance Programs in South America are managed from the POP office in Santiago, Chile • Judith Hall, Director of Preclearance South America

  12. PreClearance Programs in Peru Mangoes Irradiation (future)

  13. THANK YOU

  14. COMMODITY IMPORT APPROVAL PROCESS

  15. Commodity Import Approval Process • National Plant Protection Organization of the exporting country requests market access for a commodity • APHIS prepares a Pest Risk Assessment (PRA) • The PRA identifies pests of concern in the import pathway • Risk Management options to mitigate pest risk • Rulemaking for market access.

  16. Rulemaking – Streamlining What Can be Streamlined: Commodities whose risk is mitigated by inspection or treatment. Inspection on arrival Approved Treatment Inspected in country of origin, Accompanied by a phytosanitary certificate declaring specific pest freedom Commercial consignments only

  17. Rulemaking - Streamlining What cannot be streamlined – Commodities produced in Pest Free Places of Production Areas of Low Pest Prevalence Field measures in country of origin Systems approaches

  18. Commodity Import Approval Process • APHIS website with information on commodity import approval process • http://www.aphis.usda.gov/import_export/plants/plant_imports/process/index.shtml

  19. Import Approval Process • At the website you can find: • Approved commodities for importation into the U.S. • Commodities Pending approval • Pest Risk Assessment Process • Regulatory Administrative Procedures

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