Post by Flytrap on Mar 29, 2006 20:03:56 GMT -5
I thought I'd never be trading plants again (!), but when a call from my friend near Vancouver reached me for a group order, I was convinced to participate after a more than 15 years hiatus. And in addition, I've made my first "trade" in over a decade, and the recipient is a person on this OCPS board
Life used to be much easier... we'd drive down to Washington, visit a few CP buds, and head back home over the border and declared a few tropical houseplants without ever any issue. Now with all this paranoia and stuff, it's not that easy anymore. I wrote to Inspections Canada, and here's some valuable info I want to share with you all:
Life used to be much easier... we'd drive down to Washington, visit a few CP buds, and head back home over the border and declared a few tropical houseplants without ever any issue. Now with all this paranoia and stuff, it's not that easy anymore. I wrote to Inspections Canada, and here's some valuable info I want to share with you all:
From: "Cites [NCR]" <Cites@ec.gc.ca>
Date: Tue, 28 Mar 2006 11:05:34 -0500
Dear D. Wong;
Your questions are mostly responded to in our FAQ section as below taken from our web site:
" Q: I am a collector of carnivorous plants and I want to go to the United States to attend a convention on carnivorous plants. There will be participants from the four corners of the globe and they want to bring along their own plants to have them judged. I would like to bring along several plants regulated by CITES. Do I need a permit?
A: You do not need to obtain a CITES permit to export or re-import your plants for personal purposes as you are covered by the personal effects exemption (See Exemptions <http://www.cites.ec.gc.ca/eng/sct4/sct4_1_e.cfm> in the WAPPRIITA section). However, you should contact the importing country <http://www.cites.ec.gc.ca/eng/sct10/index_e.cfm> to find out its requirements. "
Please note that if you want to bring home new plants, you are not covered by the exemption and you will have to obtain the requisite CITES permit.
All parts and derivatives are included, except: a) seeds and pollen (including pollinia); b) seedling or tissue cultures obtained in vitro, in solid or liquid media, transported in sterile containers; c) cut flowers of artificially propagated plants; and d) the fruits of artificially propagated plants of the genus Vanilla and parts and derivatives of those fruits.
As you may import originate in the US, you should contact the US Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS), CITES Management Authority, for information regarding their export requirements. Their Head Office can be reached at tel: (703) 358-2104, or e-mail: ManagementAuthority@fws.gov. Questions regarding phytosanitary certificates and inspections should be referred to their Department of Agriculture. The US CITES office should be able to respond to these questions or direct you to the appropriate department.
In Canada, you should contact the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) for information regarding import requirements under the Plant Protection Act. An Import Service Centre can be reached at: Central 1-800-835-4486, Eastern 1-877-493-0468, Western 1-888-732-6222, or their web site at www.cfia-acia.agr.ca <outbind://27/www.cfia-acia.agr.ca> .
If you have any further questions, please don't hesitate to contact me.
Suzanne Vincent
CITES Operations Clerk
Convention on International Trade
in Endangered Species
PH: (819) 997-1840
FX: (819) 953-6283
E-mail: Suzanne.Vincent@ec.gc.ca
1975-2005
30 years of Canada's participation in CITES