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G/SPS/N/USA/2153/Add.1 
24 February 2012  
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Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures Original:   English 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
Addendum 
  
The following communication, received on 22 Fe bruary 2012, is being circulated at the 
request of the Delegation of the United States. 
 
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Notice of Decision to Authorize Importation of Fresh Litchi from the Republic of South Africa into 
the Continental United States (Docket No. APHIS-2010-0112) 
 The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service is  advising the public of our decision to authorize the importation of fresh litchi from the Re public of South Africa into the continental United 
States.  Based on the findings in a pest risk analys is, which we made availabl e to the public for review 
and comment through a previous notice, we believe that the application of one or more designated 
phytosanitary measures will be suffi cient to mitigate the risks of introducing or disseminating plant 
pests or noxious weeds via the importation of litchi from the Republic of South Africa. 
 This notice is available in English at:  
http://www.regulations.gov/#!docum entDetail;D=APHIS-2010-0112-0010 . 
 This action is subsequent to a notice publishe d in the Federal Register on 2 February 2011 (76 
FR 5779-5780, Docket No. APHIS-2010-0112), in wh ich we announced the availability, for review 
and comment, of a PRA that evaluates the risks ass ociated with the importation into the continental 
United States of fresh litchi ( Litchi chinensis ) from the Republic of South Africa.  We solicited 
comments on the notice for 60 days ending on 4 April 2011.  We received six comments by that date, from a State agriculture agency, produce importers , a foreign agricultural research institute, and 
foreign produce growers.  Three commenters s upported the importation of litchi from South Africa 
into the United States.  
 This notice is effective 28 December 2011. 
This addendum concerns a: 
[ ] Modification of final date for comments 
[X] Notification of adoption, publication or entry into force of regulation 
[ ] Modification of content and/or scope of previously notified draft regulation 
[ ] Withdrawal of proposed regulation 
[ ] Change in proposed date of adoption, publication or date of entry into force 
[ ] Other:    G/SPS/N/USA/2153/Add.1 
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  Comment period:  (If the addendum extends the scope of th e previously notified measure in terms 
of products and/or potentially affected Members, a new deadline for receipt of comments should be 
provided, normally of at least 60 calendar days.  Under other circumstances, such as extension of 
originally announced final date for comments, th e comment period provided in the addendum may 
vary.)  
[ ] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the addendum to the notification and/or 
(dd/mm/yy) :  Not applicable 
Agency or authority designated to handle comments:  [ ] National Notification Authority, 
[ ] National Enquiry Point.  Address, fax num ber and e-mail address (if available) of other 
body: 
For further information contact:  Mr. Marc Phillip s, Import Specialist, Regulatory Coordination and 
Compliance, PPQ, APHIS, 4700 River Road Unit 133, Riverdale, MD 20737; +1 (301) 734-4394   
Text available from:  [X] National Notification Au thority, [ ] National Enquiry Point.  Address, 
fax number and e-mail address (if available) of other body: 
United States SPS National Notification Authority, US DA Foreign Agricultural Service, International 
Regulations and Standards Division (IRSD), Stop 10 14, Washington D.C. 20250;  Tel:  +(1 202) 720 
1301;  Fax:  +(1 202) 720 0433;  E-mail:  us.spsenquirypoint@fas.usda.gov     
 
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