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Plant Exports

The Export Unit is responsible for developing the national policy governing the issuance of Phytosanitary Certificates for all agricultural and forestry products exported to foreign countries. It is also responsible for resolving phytosanitary issues for Canadian agricultural and forestry products, negotiating with foreign countries for less stringent requirements for Canadian products, developing bilateral Memoranda of Understanding in the field of plant protection (in cooperation with commodity sections), obtaining the plant quarantine import regulations of foreign countries and interpreting them for the CFIA staff and interested industries.