Importation, Exportation, and Transportation of Wildlife

This final rule updates the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) regulations providing for uniform rules and procedures for the importation, exportation, and transportation of wildlife. Several definitions are added and amended. The Service's exception to the designated port of entry requirement for wildlife products or manufactured articles worn as articles of clothing or contained in accompanying personal baggage is amended. The exceptions to the import declaration requirements and export declaration requirements are also amended. The Service minimum age requirement for certain antique articles, other than scrimshaw, imported into the United States is changed. The Service is also revising its clearance requirements and its refusal of clearance requirements. The Service's import declaration filing requirements are also changed. Changes are also made in the marking requirements for containers used to ship fish or wildlife. Further changes are made in the import and export requirements and fee schedules and the exceptions to license requirements. In addition to the above changes, the non-standards fee schedule in part 13 for an import/export license is amended. Finally, the Service will allow the importation and exportation of dead, preserved, dried, or embedded scientific wildlife specimens by accredited scientists or accredited scientific institutions engaged in taxonomic or systematic research at any U.S. Customs port, or by way of the international mail.