@article{Ferguson:256337,
      recid = {256337},
      author = {Ferguson, L. and Lemay, A. and Meissner, H.},
      title = {INTERNATIONAL MAIL AS A PATHWAY FOR THE MOVEMENT OF EXOTIC  PLANT PESTS INTO AND WITHIN THE GREATER CARIBBEAN REGION},
      address = {2009-07-12},
      number = {1876-2017-261},
      pages = {8},
      year = {2009},
      abstract = {The objective of this study was to evaluate the risk of  pest movement associated with the international mail  pathway in the Greater Caribbean Region (GCR6). We examined  data on materials of phytosanitary significance (MPS)  intercepted in mail, and developed suggestions for improved  safeguarding. Of packages sent to the United States from  worldwide origins, 2.7% of public and 5.6% of private mail  packages contained MPS. Of packages sent from GCR origins  by public and private mail, 3.3% and 1.6%, respectively,  contained MPS. The United States receives more public than  private mail. In other GCR countries, however, private  postal services dominate the parcel market. High-risk items  found in mail included propagative materials (1/3 of  intercepted materials) and live insects. Fresh fruits,  vegetables, soil, and wood items were also intercepted. We  estimated that the GCR (excluding the United States) may  annually receive over 14,000 mail packages containing MPS,  with up to 4,000 of these being propagative materials.  International mail may be the pathway of choice for  intentional smuggling of high-risk items. This work was  carried out in the framework of the CISWG Caribbean Pathway  Analysis. The complete report can be accessed at:  http://carribeandoc. ncsu.edu/index.htm.},
      url = {http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/256337},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.22004/ag.econ.256337},
}