Importing plants from Korea with a PPQ 587 QUESTIONS
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Comments (3)You can get a small seed lots permit, then it is completely legal as long as you avoid non permitted species more info http://www.theseedsite.co.uk/aphisfaq.html#1 - some nice person at seedsite explains this all in english http://www.aphis.usda.gov/import_export/plants/plant_imports/smalllots_seed.shtml - the USDA site in giberish you can not send noxious weeds http://www.aphis.usda.gov/plant_health/plant_pest_info/weeds/downloads/weedlist2006.pdf or anything endangered http://ecos.fws.gov/tess_public/SpeciesReport.do?dsource=plants or anything parasitic http://www.aphis.usda.gov/plant_health/permits/downloads/parasitic.pdf Check this page for not allowed species http://www.aphis.usda.gov/import_export/plants/manuals/ports/downloads/nursery_stock.pdf Some are not allowed at all, and others have special requirements, such as having a small seed lot permit. Most veggies are allowed with a permit. Corn is not allowed except from Canada. Okra has some special requirement to met. Look up your Latin name and check to be sure. you can also your the search feature for common name There are lots of flowers on the list, so write down your Latin names and look them up. The list is over 300 pages long. I looked at all of it since I was curious what was not allowed. It took me hours. I also looked at all those other lists too. permit page http://www.aphis.usda.gov/permits/ppq_epermits.shtml use form 587 to mail in your request http://www.aphis.usda.gov/plant_health/permits/downloads/forms/ppqform587.pdf you can do it on-line but then you have to sign up for a USDA account. They require you then take your driver's license to a service center to get your account validated. Pain in the neck! Each packet must have a lot number. I did not understand this so e-mailed them. She said you can assign one such as 1 or A. I think this would mean each packet would need a different lot number. No clue. Anyway. I am in the middle of this right now so have read up on it. I am getting seeds from Australia soon. They can not import beans, corn, carrots, or lettuce. Not sure why. Something political I am sure. I think the small seed lot thing is pretty new. Before you had to have a photo sanitary certificate, which cost money you get. The small seed lot permit is free and good for 3 years....See MoreAbout Importing Plants
Comments (22)Doug, I had a friend in MD send me cuttings a couple years ago. Interestingly the USPS thought the route from MD to FL included a side trip through TX, then onto CA, then back through CO, then finally onto FL. Also apparently they consider a package staying in a sort facility for over a week part of the trip. Supposedly they lost it, but then they found it. I mention this because the little tour of the US my cuttings took, was just under three weeks. Until it was "lost" it showed the route on the tracking. amusing in a sad kind of way. And the cuttings arrived fine, a little dehydrated, but they perked back up quickly. I still have every one of them. So, I'm thinking your package might have been left in the hot sun for a good bit of time. Did you use EMS or just regular international mail? Maybe that is the difference? When I get my order, I'll take pics, see what happens. Renee...See MoreWhat does a hoya shipment from my new Thai contact look like?
Comments (88)Ugh, i hate when signatures are required! If im not home (and im usually not because i work) that means they keep the package until i can make it to the PO. So i have to either be late for work or leave early in order to go get the package. My packages from poland were left at my door....See MoreHow does importing more than 12 plants work?
Comments (21)Had you bothered to read any previous threads in the multiple forums you advertised in, you would have quickly learned that most of us on here are WELL-VERSED in the way Customs/USDA works, and are more than happy to share procedures and information, FOR FREE, to those that are not. This is a well-knit community, and apologies for being so blunt, but when a complete stranger starts replying to threads that are only relevant to their COMPANY (yeah, I read your posting history), without contributing to the community in any other way OTHER than advertising, my feathers are going to ruffle! Had you just freely given the information out (the same information that can be found FREE via Google and us well-versed in CBP/USDA procedures), instead of advertising your company and asking people to email you with any questions, I might not have been so offended. Bottom line is, you are trying to increase your bottom line and thought this forum would be a good way to do so. Like I said earlier, if it was just about giving out correct information, you would have just posted it, without the spiel about your company. Before you post on this forum, or any other forum in this website, ask yourself these questions: 1. Is what I am posting relevant to the conversation? If yes, continue. If no, STOP. 2. Am I advertising? If yes, STOP. If no, continue. 3. Is the information I am posting freely available online, and if it is, am I trying to solicit business from folks by asking them to further contact me with any questions via email? If yes, STOP. If no, continue! 4. If they contact me via email, are my intentions to still give them information FOR FREE? If yes, good to. If no, STOP! 5. If someone privately emails me for INFORMATION, will I be trying to sell them a product they may not need to increase my bottom line? If no, good to go, if yes, GO AWAY! Apologies to my fellow hoyors for the rant!...See Morecatherinet (5IN)
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