Agencies Extend Peru Archaeological Imports Restrictions

The Departments of Treasury and Homeland Security are amending their regulations to reflect an extension to a Memorandum of Understanding Concerning the Imposition of Import Restrictions on Archaeological Material from Pre-Hispanic Cultures and Certain Ethnological Material from the Colonial Period of Peru (MOU). The five-year extension, through June 9, 2017, was granted following a request from the government of Peru to the State Department seeking an extensions. The State Department found the cultural heritage of Peru to continue to be in jeopardy from pillage.