APHIS AQIM Rev. (2/2024)

AIR PASSENGER BAGGAGE - AQI Monitoring Data

(Used by U.S. Customs and Border Protection Agriculture Specialist)

Port: Date: / / Time (military): ____________________

a) Terminal: b) Airline: ________________ c) Flight Number:______________ d) Departure Airport: ___________________

 

e) Passenger Country of Origin: f) Arrival Final Destination (City and State): / 

 (no abbreviations) 

g) Number of Passengers Present: h) Number of Passenger Trips Past Year 

i) Reason for Travel: Business/Work Crew Family Visit Military Return Home School Tourist Visit Friends Other

 

j) US Citizen/Resident: US Citizen Non-Citizen (Resident) Non-Citizen (Non-Resident) k) Inspected By: _____________________________ 

l) How Agriculture Questions on Custom Declaration is Marked?(see instructions): No Yes Not Checked Not Available 

 

 

m) Have Been on a Farm or Ranch/Near Livestock? No Yes n) Going to a Farm or Ranch? No Yes 

 

o) Any Item(s) of Agricultural Interest? No Yes p) Civil Penalty Issued? No Yes

 

*Action Taken: S - Seized/Intercepted; IR - Inspect 

& Released; CT- Cleaned/Treated

**Found in Luggage Type: 1-Suitcase; 2-Duffel Bag; 3-Hand Carry Bag; 

4- Backpack; 5- Cardboard Box; 6- Cooler 7- Other Personal Effects

***HC - Luggage Hand Carried on Aircraft

 CKD - Luggage Checked with Airline (Pit Baggage)

Article Article Quantity/

Unit1 (see 

instructions)

Declared

No Yes

Action

Taken*

Luggage

Type **

Hand Carried

Or Checked***

Contaminant

No Yes

Pest Found

No Yes

Pest Number Pest Identification

Or Contaminant

 HC CKD 

 HC CKD 

 HC CKD 

 HC CKD 

 HC CKD 

1

Most Articles recorded in Kilograms, see instructions.
APHIS AQIM Rev. (2/2024)

INSTRUCTIONS – AIR PASSENGER BAGGAGE AQIM

IMPORTANT

• Data fields must be filled in for a completed monitoring record even if no

agriculture item(s) is found.

• All QMIs found need to undergo 100% inspection for pests.

• A 100% hand inspection of all carry-ons and checked baggage is required. 

• All data entry is due by the tenth day of the following month. For example: All 

January data needs to be entered by February 10.

1. Record the Port, Date and Time (military time) of the inspection. 

a) Terminal: Record the name of the terminal where the inspection is performed.

b) Airline: Record the name of the airline that operates this flight.

c) Flight Number: Record the flight number. No letters or leading zeros.

d) Departure Airport: Record the last foreign airport that passenger(s) plane

departed before arriving to United States. Use 3 letter airport code.

e) Passenger Country of Origin: Record foreign country where the passenger 

began their travel to U.S. airport. Spell out the country name. If multiple

countries then record the country where passenger spent the most time.

f) Arrival Final Destination (City and State): Record the passenger’s primary city 

and state of destination in US. Spell city and state names fully and consistently.

Do not use letter codes for city name. If going to multiple destinations, record 

last or final city and state destination. If in transit to a foreign country, record 

“In Transit” for city and state.

g) Number of Passengers Present: Record the total number of passenger(s) 

reported on the Customs Declaration (CBP Form 6059B) or passenger kiosk 

receipt(s).

h) Number of Passenger Trips Past Year: Record number of foreign trips to 

US, or from US and returning to US, the passenger(s) took in the past year 

from date of AQIM inspection. If this is the first trip, record “0.”

i) Reason for Travel: Check the main reason for traveling to US. If more than one

 reason, select only the main/primary purpose. For example, if the person 

 traveled on business and extended the trip for a vacation, the primary purpose 

 is business. For all airline personnel in uniform, whether or not working on the 

flight, select ‘crew’ rather than ‘business’.

j) US Citizen/US Resident: Select the status of the person that completed the 

Custom’s Declaration Form.

k) Inspected By: Print name of person responsible for inspection of 

passenger(s) selected. 

l) How is Agriculture Questions on Custom Declaration Marked? See how are 

questions 11(a-d) and 12 answered on the declaration. If any were 

answered Yes, then check Yes on this form. Select Not Available when the 

passenger completed the Custom Declaration electronically and the 

answers are not available. 

m) Have been on a Farm or Ranch/Near Livestock? Check if passenger(s) 

were on a farm environment (whether animal or crop farm) or near 

livestock within the last 30 days while in a foreign country.

n) Going to a Farm or Ranch? Check if passenger(s) are going to a farm 

environment (whether animal or crop farm) within the next 30 days. This 

 question provides risk related information on plant and animal products 

 destined to agricultural areas.

o) Any item(s) of Agricultural Interest? Check whether the passenger has an 

item of agriculture interest. Agriculture interest is defined as items (such as 

plants, plant products, meat or animal products, shoes, etc.) that require 

CBP’s attention for purposes of regulation, inspection for pests, seizure, 

cleaning, verifying paperwork, etc. If yes, then complete remaining data

fields.

p) Civil Penalty Issued? Check if a civil penalty was issued or not.

Article(s): Record the name of each item of agricultural interest found during the

inspection. List one item per line, beginning with items seized/intercepted then 

items cleaned or treated and finally items inspected and released.

Quantity/Unit: Weight data is important as a standard for risk analysis. Most article’s 

quantity can be recorded as weight. Indicate the weight in kilograms, up to a tenth (.0) 

of a kilogram (example 1.5 kg). Obtain or accurately estimate weight of the fruits and 

vegetables intercepted. To estimate this weight, take 0.3 kg as the weight per article 

intercepted (i.e. apple, orange, pepper, etc.). The following are examples of other 

types of articles and the unit of measurement to be used: plant material, such as 

flowers and greenery, must be recorded as bouquet or stems; miscellaneous and 

animal products, as each or kilograms; for articles like in example shoes, trophies, 

etc., use each. For any other type of articles intercepted, use the appropriate units of 

measurement. 

Declared: Check the appropriate response to indicate if item was officially 

declared to CBP either written or verbally.

Action Taken: Record the appropriate response using the options provided on 

the worksheet.

Type Luggage Found in: Record the appropriate response using the options provided 

on the worksheet.

Hand Carried or Checked: Check appropriate response using HC or CKD.

Contaminant: Check if contaminant was found or not. If yes, record each 

contaminant (biologicals, blood, dirt/soil, manure, non-noxious weed seed, 

noxious weed seed) and the item it’s associated with (i.e., manure on truck, 

soil on yams etc.).

Pest Found: Check response to indicate if a reportable or actionable pest(s)

was found. If determination is not known yet, make sure the record is updated 

later.

Pest Number: If a pest is found, send all pests intercepted to identifier personnel for 

identification. Write “PROMPT: AQI MONITORING” in the remarks section of the 

diagnostic request. Record reportable or actionable pests only. Make sure to update 

the record with the Diagnostic Request number(s). 

Pest Identification or Contaminant: Record the official ID for all reportable/ actionable 

pests or list the contaminant, if applicable.