International Services (IS)

APHIS INTERNATIONAL SERVICES PURPOSE Strengthen US Safeguarding Systems in Strengthen US Safeguarding Systems in Foreign Countries Foreign Countries Facilitate Safe Agricultural Trade Facilitate Safe Agricultural Trade Strengthen Emergency Response Preparedness Strengthen Emergency Response Preparedness Facilitate Safe Agricultural Trade Through Facilitate Safe Agricultural Trade Through International Standard Setting International Standard Setting

CURRENT WORKFORCE International Services is a Global Program with Offices in 32 Countries Total Foreign Service Officers: 53 Total Foreign Service Officers: 53 Total Locally Engaged Staff: 162 Total Locally Engaged Staff: 162 Total Civil Service Employees: 60 Total Civil Service Employees: 60

CURRENT OVERSEAS PROGRAMS Screwworm Screwworm Mediterranean Fruit Fly (Medfly) Mediterranean Fruit Fly (Medfly) Mexican Fruit Fly (Mexfly) Mexican Fruit Fly (Mexfly) Overseas Technical & Trade Operations (OTTO) Overseas Technical & Trade Operations (OTTO) Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD) Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD) Classical Swine Fever (CSF) Classical Swine Fever (CSF) Tropical Bont Tick (TBT) Tropical Bont Tick (TBT) High-Path Avian Influenza (HPAI) High-Path Avian Influenza (HPAI) Commodity Pre-Clearance Programs Commodity Pre-Clearance Programs

IS Offices Tuxtla Panama City Belize Guatemala Tapachula Guatemala Managua Tegucigalpa San Jose Santo Domingo Port-au-Prince Kingston Port-of-Spain Tokyo Beijing Seoul Taipei Manila Bangkok Phnom Penh Rangoon Jakarta Vientiane New Delhi Canberra Tijuana Reynosa Guadalajara Mexico City Ottawa Santiago Brasilia Sao Paulo Buenos Aires Montevideo Santa Cruz Bogota Lima Caracas Quito Brussels Paris Vienna The Hague Rome Cairo Senegal Capetown Pretoria Uganda (PASA) Botswana (PASA) Ghana (PASA) Addis Ababa (Pending)

1955: Medfly Introduced in Central America 1979 Farthest Northward Spread of Reproducing Medfly Populations Chiapas Northern border APHIS International Services Medfly Program (Moscamed) Office in Guatemala and Tapachula, MX Purpose: Protect over $7 billion of fruit and vegetable production and export markets in the USA from Mediterranean fruit fly. Medfly introduced from Africa in 1955 and spread north to Mexico.

1955: Medfly Introduced in Central America APHIS International Services Screwworm Eradication Program Office in Panama Purpose: Prevent Outbreak in US 1954: Agricultural Research Service began technology to sterilize screwworms.

TYPES OF AGREEMENTS Treaty agreements Treaty agreements Cooperative agreements Cooperative agreements Interagency agreements Interagency agreements Memorandum of understanding Memorandum of understanding

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