IMMEDIATE UPDATE: USDA APHIS PPQ Plants for Planting Manual, 02/2023-100

The USDA-APHIS-PPQ Plants for Planting Manual and the Agricultural Commodity Import Requirements (ACIR) database have been updated.

The following changes will be reflected and available to print in eFile by close of business tomorrow.

The reasons for the changes were to align with amendments to Appendices I and II to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES). The most recent Conference of the Parties (CoP19) adopted these amendments effective February 23, 2023 (No. 2023/005).

Changes are identified by black change bars in the left margin on the following pages:

• 6-2 (Aerangis ellisi)
• 6-323 (Cactaceae)
• 6-408 (Cyclamen spp.)
• 6-423 (Dendrobium cruentum)
• 6-478 (Euphorbia spp.)
• 6-567 (Laelia jongheana and L. lobata)
• 6-650 (Mexipedium xerophyticum)
• 6-697 (Orchidaceae)
• 6-709 (Pachypodium spp. and P. windsorii)
• 6-720 (Paphiopedilum spp.)
• 6-732 (Peristeria elata)
• 6-742 (Phragmipedium spp.)
• 6-815 (Renanthera imschootiana)
• 6-816 (Rhodiola spp.)
• 6-884 (Stangeria eriopus)
• 6-897 (Taxus cuspidata)
• 9-4 and 9-5 (updated CITES Appendices I, II, III Interpretation)
• 9-6 through 9-9 (Tables 9-1 and 9-2 CITES Annotations and Footnotes)

Josie Cooley
Team Leader/Technical Writer-Editor
USDA-APHIS-PPQ
Josie.Cooley@usda.gov