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Post by insectivore on Feb 2, 2007 23:48:51 GMT -5
I doubt that there's an apendix on most drosera Species... You would have to look it up depending on the species you want... Cya
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Post by z on Feb 4, 2007 20:40:34 GMT -5
I remember I made a phone call on this subject a few years back. I lost all the details about it, but there were some things they told me to watch out for; like the weight of the seeds, amount of seeds and whether if its a food crop that were also considered in the checkup at the border. I guess its not that much of a concern with us hobbyists, but just something to be aware of.
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Post by martin on Feb 6, 2007 19:49:45 GMT -5
I obtained the following info trough the AIRS (automated import reference system), controlled by the CFIA (Canadian food inspection agency). I dont think we, in Canada, need any import permit for carnivorous plant seeds. The rule posted on CPUK and Listserv seems to be apllicable for the USA only (APHIS).
I even emailed Triffid Nurseries (UK) about that permit, he says he does not know of its existance, other than the mandatory customs declaration.
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Post by purpman on Feb 6, 2007 20:18:04 GMT -5
Importing seed. Well, I've been in this business long enough to tell you that importing seeds is perfectly fine as long as they are not CITES. Sean, I'm sorry to be the bearer of bad news and I noticed someone else has already mentioned it, but CITES does apply to seed.
Barry Rice went through a great deal of read tape and paper work to obtain the CITES permit for the ICPS to ship appendix one seed (namely the alabamensis seed) with in the US. Many times I asked Barry if we could work something out, so that we could ship a batch of the seed to me here in Canada so I could distribute it here to Canadian growers. It would have been really easy just to send them unlabelled in the mail, but as it was being done through the ICPS, proper paperwork and legal channels had to be in place. Well, let me tell you, there was no way in hell that we had a chance of getting the permits to go international, it was just far far too much work.
So ya, if you stay on the up and up, CITES does apply to seeds. As a side note, its little known that the USA has always required phytosanitary certification when shipping seeds to the US. Basically it was just overlooked for years. After 911 they got back to the letter of the law.
Funny story, if anyone has seen my online seed catalog I used codes to lable the seeds. for instance SMI001 or something like that. I sent a package of seed to a chap in wisconsin a while back and I declared seeds on the customs sticker, and got them all sent back by US customs. They didn't like the codes. They had no idea what kind of seed it was. I had to resend with a complete list of species with seed and label each packet with the full genus and species! as well as certify they were greenhouse grown and propped. However, no request for a phyto! go figure.
Sorry for babbling.
purpman
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Post by martin on Feb 6, 2007 21:19:51 GMT -5
Hi Purpman,
thanks for the much needed clarification!
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