Lacey Act Declaration Reminder

Units of Measure Must Now be Metric

Clients are reminded that as per U.S. Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) all plant material quantities be reported on the Lacey Act declaration should now be using standardized metric units (such as kg, m, m2, m3).

The values are to reflect the actual plant content in the product and not necessarily the product as a whole.

APHIS is no longer accepting other counts of items (e.g., PCS - pieces, No - number, boxes, etc) as valid units of measure.

APHIS notes that counts of items do not adequately address the “quantity of the plant material” required by the Act.(3372.f.1.A.ii) Counts do not allow for differences in size or weight between items, nor do they accurately reflect the actual plant content in a shipment.