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The USDA permit to import soil is for use under the following guidelines:

For hand carry of soil, an official of CBP Agricultural Programs and Trade Liaison (APTL) would have been notified to document and facilitate the entry of the soil (see hand carry conditions).

1. Receipt or use of foreign isolates or samples from countries under sanctions requires specific permission from the U.S. Department of Treasury; please refer to: https://home.treasury.gov/policy-issues/financial-sanctions/sanctions-programs-and-country-information
2. This permit does not authorize importation, interstate movement, possession, and/or use of strains of genetically engineered regulated materials/organisms (created by the use of recombinant DNA technology).
3. If an Animal Pathogen is identified in your shipment, to ensure appropriate safeguarding, please refer to: http://www.aphis.usda.gov/import_export/animals/animal_imports_anproducts.shtml
4. If a human pathogen is identified, please refer to the CDC Etiologic Agent Import Permit Program at www.cdc.gov/od/eaipp/
5. This permit does not fulfill the requirements of other federal or state regulatory authorities. Please contact the appropriate agencies, such as the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the Control and Prevention, the APHIS Veterinary Services unit, etc.

Please,  see the full permit for use in shipment of imported soils.

updated 12.21.20

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United States Department of Agriculture Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service Permit to Move Live Pests, Noxious Weeds, and Soil (International Movement).

This permit is for the movement of soil related to the isolation of live plant parasitic nematodes originally collected from outside the United States and its territories.  If you are wanting to send a soil sample to Midwest Laboratories from one of the following listed locations for determination of plant parasitic nematodes populations, please enclose a copy of this permit along with applicable external placarding, for each sample shipment container.

Argentina, Bahamas, Bermuda, Brazil, Chile, Columbia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Nicaragua, Panama,

United States Virgin Islands, Canada, Mexico, North America (other than the USA).

For soil samples originating with the continental United States and its territories, please refer to the following permit: USDA/APHIS Permit to Move Live Plant Pests, Noxious Weeds, and Soil (Interstate Permit)

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This permit is required for the shipping/transportation of soil samples needing Live Plant Parasitic Nematode analysis originating in the following locations:

This permit allows Midwest Laboratories to accept by mail, or bonded carrier any soil samples being sent for the purpose of live plant parasitic nematode isolation.  To utilize this permit, prior to shipping, print a legible copy and include in the soil sample shipping container.  Ensure that the sampling location is listed for each shipped sample, and is not registered as a USDA/APHIS quarantined area (contact Midwest Laboratories for further information).  If you have additional questions, please contact George Nelsen at (402) 829-9868.