G/SPS/N/USA/3236  
31 March 2021  
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Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original: English  
 
  NOTIFICATION  
1. Notifying Member:  UNITED STATES OF AMERICA  
If applicable, name of local government involved:   
2. Agency responsible:  Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS)  
3. Products covered (provide tariff item number(s) as specified in national 
schedules deposited with the WTO; ICS numbers should be provided in addition, 
where applicable):  Fresh Sand Pears  
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable : 
[ ] All trading partners   
[X] Specific regions or countries:  Korea, Republic of  
5. Title of the notified document:  Notice of Proposed Revision to Import Requirements for 
the Importation of Fresh Sand Pears from the Republic of Korea into the United States 
[Docket  No. APHIS -2020-0063] . Language(s):  English . Number of pages:  2 
https://www.regulations.gov/document/APHIS -2020-0063-0004 
6. Description of content:  APHIS is advising the public that we have prepared a pest risk 
analysis relative to the importation into the United States of sand pear ( Pyrus 
pyrifolia  var. culta) fruit from the Republic of Korea. Currently, sand pear fruit may be 
imported into the Unit ed States from the Republic of Korea under an Animal and Plant 
Health Inspection Service preclearance program or as non -precleared fruit into the port of 
Honolulu, HI. Based on the findings of our analysis, we are proposing to authorize imports 
of non -precleared sand pear fruit from the Republic of Korea into all US ports as an 
alternative to the preclearance program. All sand pear fruit intended for importation into 
the United States from the Republic of Korea would be subject to a systems approach 
current ly required for precleared fruit. We are making the pest risk analysis available to 
the public for review and comment.   (Federal Register Vol. 86, No. 48, Monday, 
15 March  2021, pp. 14301 -14302).  
7. Objective and rationale: [  ] food safety, [  ] animal hea lth, [X]  plant protection, 
[ ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [  ] protect territory from 
other damage from pests.   
8. Is there a relevant international standard? If so, identify the standard:  
[ ] Codex Alimentarius Commission (e.g.  title or serial number of Codex 
standard or related text) :  
[ ] World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g.  Terrestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number) :  
[ ] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g.  ISPM number) :  
[X] None  
Does this proposed regulation conform to the relevant international standard?  G/SPS/N/USA/3236  
 
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  [ ] Yes   [  ] No 
If no, describe, whenever possible, how and why it deviates from the 
international standard:   
9. Other relevant documents and language(s) in which these are availab le:   
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : To be determined.  
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) : 15 March 2021  
11. Proposed date of entry into force: [  ] Six months from date of publication , and/or  
(dd/mm/yy) : To be determined.  
[ ] Trade facilitating measure   
12. Final date for comments: [  ] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) : 14 May 2021  
Agency or authority designated to handle comments: [  ] National Notification 
Authority, [  ] National Enquiry Point. Address, fax number and e -mail address (if 
available) of other body:   
Ms. Claudia Ferguson, Senior Regulatory Policy Specialist, Regulatory Coordination and 
Compliance, Imports, Regulations, and Manuals, PPQ, APHIS, 4700  River Road, Unit 133, 
Riverdale, MD 20737 -1231; Tel: +(301) 851 2352  
13. Text(s) available from: [  ] National Notification Authority, [  ] National Enquiry 
Point. Address, fax number and e -mail address (if available) of other body:   
https://www.regulations.gov/document/APHIS -2020-0063-0004 
United States SPS National Notification Authority, USDA Foreign Agricultural Service, 
International Regulations an d Standards Division (IRSD), Stop 1014, Washington D.C. 
20250; Tel: +(1 202) 720 1301; Fax: +(1 202) 720 0433; E -mail: 
us.spsenquirypoint@fas.usda.gov