APHIS to Stop Accepting Copies of Phyto Certs Jan. 1
The Animal and Plant Health Inspection will no longer accept copies of phytosanitary certificates and forms as of Jan. 1, it said. The agency had been accepting copies to ease burdens on importers of plant commodities during the COVID-19 pandemic,…
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but will as of the new year only accept original phytosanitary certificates, APHIS said. APHIS also will still continue to accept electronic phytosanitary certificates shared government-to-government through the ePhyto system for participating countries, and “a paper certificate would not need to be presented for cargo clearance by U.S. officials if the certificate is an ePhyto with a proper declaration in the APHIS Core message set using the PG13/14 code AE1,” the agency said.