Re: MISC: overseas shipping

Hey Mike, 
   
  I was trying to find someone in the Dept of Ag to speak to on a related subject.  Could you tell me what department is in charge of such things?
   
  Christian

sutton's iris gardens <info@suttoniris.com> wrote:
  Dept. of Ag in our area is working on stuff. haven't heard of much 
progress.
Mike

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "J. Griffin Crump" 
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Sent: Tuesday, March 04, 2008 9:19 AM
Subject: Re: [iris] MISC: overseas shipping


> Mike, Anita, Loic -- Do you know whether AIS or any other horticultural 
> societies are taking any action to try to alleviate these problems? The 
> problems for commercial shippers are obvious, but it also has to 
> discourage private individuals from attempting to enter international 
> competitions or to simply exchange plants with other hybridizers or 
> growers overseas. -- Griff
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "sutton's iris gardens" 
> To: 
> Sent: Tuesday, March 04, 2008 9:01 AM
> Subject: Re: [iris] MISC: overseas shipping
>
>
>> Yep, but it is the red tape on the other end that is the large problem. 
>> Shipping to the EU has become a huge hassle, seems to be some sort of 
>> political tit for tat going on at both ends. Several other overseas 
>> countries have long and difficult quarantine stipulations. Understand 
>> the reasons but it sure is making it hard to ship overseas.
>> Mike
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "J. Griffin Crump" 
>> To: 
>> Sent: Monday, March 03, 2008 2:56 PM
>> Subject: [iris] MISC: overseas shipping
>>
>>
>>> One of our commercial gardens has stopped shipping overseas because of 
>>> what
>>> they describe as insurmountable U.S. government red tape. Has anyone 
>>> else had
>>> this problem? -- Griff
>>>
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