319.56-27—Apples from Japan and the Republic of Korea.
Any variety of Malus domestica apples may be imported into the United States from Japan, and Fuji variety apples may be imported into the United States from the Republic of Korea, only in accordance with this section and all other applicable provisions of this subpart.
(a) Treatment and fumigation.
The apples must be cold treated and then fumigated, under the supervision of an APHIS inspector, either in Japan or the Republic of Korea, for the peach fruit moth (Carposina niponensis ), the yellow peach moth (Conogethes punctiferalis ), and the fruit tree spider mite (Tetranychus viennensis ), in accordance with part 305 of this chapter.
(b) APHIS inspection.
The apples must be inspected upon completion of the treatments required by paragraph (a) of this section, prior to export from Japan or the Republic of Korea, by an APHIS inspector and an inspector from the national plant protection organization of Japan or the Republic of Korea. The apples shall be subject to further disinfection in the exporting country if plant pests are found prior to export. Imported apples inspected in Japan or the Republic of Korea are also subject to inspection and disinfection at the port of first arrival, as provided in § 319.56-3.
(c) Trust fund agreements.
The national plant protection organization of the exporting country must enter into a trust fund agreement with APHIS in accordance with § 319.56-6 before APHIS will provide the services necessary for apples to be imported into the United States from Japan or the Republic of Korea.