General List of Approved Products

  Aloe Vera (above ground parts)

  Bat nut or devil pod (Trapa bicornis)

  Breads, cakes, cookies, and other bakery goods

  Candies

  Cannonball fruit

  Chinese water chestnut

  Coffee (roasted beans only)

  Fish

  * Flower bulbs

  Fruits, canned

  Garlic cloves (peeled)

  Lily bulbs (Lilium spp.) for planting

  Maguey leaf

  Matsutake

  Mushrooms

  Nuts (roasted only)

  Palm hearts (peeled)

  Sauces, canned or processed

  Seaweed

  * Seeds for planting or consumption

  Shamrocks leaves without roots or soil

  St. John's Bread

  Singhara nut (Trapa bispinosa)

  Tamarind bean pod

  Truffles

  Vegetables, canned or processed

  Water chestnut (Trapa natans)

  *Check with the consulate or agricultural office in the country of origin to confirm that your item is allowed. A phytosanitary certificate is required for propagative material. Pre-departure inspection is required for passengers traveling from Hawaii to the mainland, Puerto Rico to the mainland, and from the U.S. Virgin Islands to the mainland.

  Many products grown in Canada or Mexico are allowed to enter the United States. This includes most vegetables and many fruits; however, seed potatoes from Canada currently require a permit. Additionally, stone fruit pples, mangoes, oranges, guavas, sopote, cherimoya and sweet limes from Mexico require a permit.