APHIS added a new Species Groupings for Amabilis Fir and Western Hemlock (AATH). For the purposes of the Lacey Act Declaration (PPQ Form 505), the AATH species grouping includes the following Species Groupings:
APHIS also added a new Species Grouping for Western Larch and Douglas Fir (LOPM). For the purposes of the Lacey Act Declaration (PPQ Form 505), the LOPM species grouping includes the following Species Groupings:
These two groups each contain only two species that are similar and not easily distinguished one from another. They also contain common grades of lumber manufactured from varying proportions, commingled, and commonly traded together in individual shipments. Identifying the quantity of each particular species in individual shipments for these would be difficult, costly and/or time consuming.
For shipments of these groupings (AATH and LOPM), the importer may declare the genus as “TEMP” and the species as either “AATH” or “LOPM” to represent the species that may be present in products, including pallets, that contain these species.
Enter the SUD into the “genus” and “species” field(s) for the declaration as shown in this example:
11. HTS Number | 12. Entered Value | 13. Article/Component | 14. Scientific Name Genus/Species | 15. Country of Harvest | 16. Quantity of Plant Materials | 17. Unit of Measure | 18. Percent Recycled | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
4415.20.40 00 | 2141 | New Pallets | TEMP | LOPM | Canada | 15115 | M3 | |
4415.20.40 00 | 4356 | New Pallets | TEMP | AATH | Canada | 20005 | M3 |
Spruce, Pine, Fir (SPF) is a common grade of lumber manufactured from varying proportions of spruce, pine or fir species. SPF imports are a combination of several distinct species but identifying the particular species in any individual shipment would be difficult, costly, and/or time consuming.
For the purposes of the Lacey Act Declaration (PPQ Form 505), the SPF species grouping includes the following Species Groupings:
For shipments of SPF, the importer may declare the genus as “Special” and the species as “SPF” to represent that the specific species are unknown but the SPF species grouping represents all possible species that may be present in the product. However, if a species of wood contained in the shipment does not fall under the species grouping list above, the SPF Grouping may not be used in the declaration to identify the genus and species of the plant or plant product being imported.
Enter the SUD into the “genus” and “species” field(s) for the declaration as:
11. HTS Number | 12. Entered Value | 13. Article/Component | 14. Scientific Name Genus/Species | 15. Country of Harvest | 16. Quantity of Plant Materials | 17. Unit of Measure | 18. Percent Recycled | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
44071001 | 2141 | SPF lumber | SPECIAL | SPF | Canada | 15115 | M3 | 0 |
APHIS has also developed a process for interested parties to request the creation of additional Species Groupings.