The Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) is responsible for implementing and enforcing the Export Administration Regulations (EAR), which regulate the export and reexport of most commercial items.

The Office of Foreign Assets Control ("OFAC") of the US Department of the Treasury administers and enforces economic and trade sanctions based on US foreign policy and national security goals against targeted foreign countries, terrorists, international narcotics traffickers, and those engaged in activities related to the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction.

Before you can import, export, or re-export plants and wildlife protected by international treaty and/or domestic statute, you must obtain a permit. More information is available from the International Affairs Division of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.

Links to the Shipper’s Export Declaration form, information on filling out the form and sample documents are available at http://www.census.gov/foreign-trade/regulations/forms/index.html#sed.

More information is included in the Agricultural Export Transportation Handbook at http://www.ams.usda.gov/tmd/export/index.htm.

A list of Export Regulations Seminars (nationwide) hosted by officials from the U.S. Census Bureau and the U.S. Bureau of Customs and Border Protection is available at http://www.census.gov/foreign-trade/aes/meetingsandpresentations/index.html.

More information about the Bioterrorism Act of 2002 is available at http://www.fda.gov/oc/bioterrorism/bioact.html.

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Contact the USDA Foreign Agricultural Service | Phone: (202) 690-3576 |