Hi Steve,
While I have not been there in
person to facilitate the export permits I can say that getting export
permits to do things on the up-and-up from Peru took nearly 9 months
for the nursery owner at the Peruvian end 2 years ago when I imported
from there. It could be that for so-called "scientific" reasons the
exports might be easier, but for the person I worked with who routinely
exported CITES protected plants (cacti) it was a nightmare getting
Amaryllids (not CITES protected) exported into the U.S. Perhaps if you
are working with someone at a University in the country of origin they
may be able to make it easier. I assume that others that collect in
this manner may be able to help you there!!
Click on "permits" then click on
"apply for a PPQ permit" and then fill out PPQ587.
Do not get bogged down in every
species from every country you may or may not import. You are applying
for a permit to import any legal plant from any country so you do not
need to list every plant and every country. By the way, this info came
directly from the people at the USDA when I talked to them on the phone
so it is accurate. I've been importing from around the world for many
years and the only time there have been problems is when the exporter
does something incorrectly, which unfortunately does happen on
occassion.
Easy as pie at your end so best of
luck,
Dan
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From:
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To:
aroid-l@gizmoworks.com
Sent:
Saturday, February 07, 2009 11:57 PM
Subject:
[Aroid-l] legal plant importation
I know a few on this list have
gone to South America and brought back specimens, at least rhizomes,
stem cuttings, seeds, etc. I don't know if we'll be able to do this
anytime soon but I would like to make plans just in case. It has been
years since I was fortunate enough to spend time in Central and South
American rain forests but my knowledge base is now improved enough I
could really learn a great deal more if I were able to get into the
field once again if for no other reason than to take a lot more
photos.
Can those of you who know how to do this legally tell us all how to go
about getting the permits from both the export country as well as the
U.S.? Of course I am not talking about collection of any CITES
prohibited material.
Thanks!
Steve Lucas
www.ExoticRainforest.com
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