Enter Additional Declarations (AE)

To add or update Additional Declarations information for an application, complete the following steps:

 

1.Select the Additional Declarations link under Application Step by Step.
RESULT:  The Additional Declarations page appears.

 

2.When Additional Declarations information is added to the application, it is displayed in the editable text field in the middle of the screen.

 

3.To add a standard PCIT Additional Declarations, select the Additional Declarations from the drop-down list.  Click the Add button.
RESULT:  The Additional Declarations text appears in the editable text field.

 

4.Edit the text as required.

 

5.To enter an Additional Declaration, type in the desired Additional Declarations in the editable text field.

 

6.To update an existing Additional Declaration, edit the Additional Declarations in the editable text field.

 

7.To facilitate re-exports, additional phytosanitary measures that were conducted in the US may be entered.

a) Under the Additional Official Phytosanitary Information section, click the Harmful Organism Selection Tool button to select harmful organisms to be entered under Lab Test, Field Inspection, and/or Pest Free Area
   RESULT: A new page opens displaying the Harmful Organism Selection Tool.  Organisms are displayed under each category in alphabetical order.

b)  Select the harmful organisms associated with the country(ies) by clicking the corresponding checkbox under Lab Text, Field Inspection, and/or Pest Free Area.  Use the tabs to view by harmful organism type (for example, Bacteria, Fungi, Insects, and so forth).

c)  To narrow the results, you can also search for the organism by selecting the appropriate letter from the First Letter of Organism Name drop-down box.

d)  Click the Save button to automatically populate the Additional Official Phytosanitary Information section with the selected organisms.

 

8.To save the Additional Declaration text, click the Save button.  To abandon the Additional Declaration text, clear/delete the text from the editable text field and click the Save button.

 

9.To enter an AD directly from PExD, complete the following steps:

a) Click PExD Import Tool to import commodity-based additional declarations from PExD.
   RESULT:  The PExD Additional Declaration Import Tool page appears.

b) PExD can be searched by clicking on the View PExD button.
   RESULT:  The Phytosanitary Export Database (PExD) page appears displaying the View Country Information page.

NOTE: You can use the Need Help link in PExD for more information on the Additional Declarations Help topic.

c)Select one or more additional declaration(s) and click Save to automatically populate the Additional Declaration based on Commodity Summary section.

   RESULT:  The Commodity Summary page appears.

d)At the bottom of the Commodity Summary page, select the Click Here to View General Requirements List link.  For all all commodities to all countries, ACOs should review requirements under View Country Information, Commodity from the left menu.

 

See Also

PExD Additional Declaration Import Tool Page Overview

Process Submitted Applications (AE)