Official letter No. 75/BVTV-KD dated January dated January 12th, 2022 regarding announcement of new form of Certificate of plant quarantine of the U.S.

From January 1st, 2022, the U.S. applies the new form of Certificate of plant quarantine printed on plain paper with wet-ink signature of plant quarantine official.

These are some adjustments, changes in the new form of Certificate of plant quarantine:

- Granted via the confidential system;

- The unique certificate number is on the top middle;

- The symbol of the U.S. Department of Agriculture is on the top right;

- Watermark of the North American Plant Protection Organization (NAPPO) is at the bottom middle;

- QR code is at the bottom left, allowing verifying the validity of the Certificate or certifying the validity of the Certificate via PCIT Vertificate Viewer at this URL: https://pcit.aphis.usda.gov/pcit/faces/ext_cert_viewer.jsf.

The new form of Certificate of plant quarantine is attached with this Official letter.