CBP Extends Import Restrictions on Archaeological Goods from Guatemala

The U.S. government is extending and amending import restrictions for five years on archaeological and ethnological material from Guatemala, which are set to expire Sept. 29, said CBP in a Federal Register notice. The notice, effective Sept. 29, said the State Department has determined that conditions continue to warrant the imposition of import restrictions and CBP's regulations will be amended to reflect the extension. The list of designated articles will also be amended to include ecclesiastical ethnological material dating to the Conquest and Colonial Periods of Guatemala (c. A.D. 1524 to 1821), said CBP.