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ellomello
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Need import permits for overseas seeds?
#18865817 - 09/20/13 12:01 AM (10 years, 5 months ago) |
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Order some seeds from overseas, but what do i need? Do they see me?
At cactusplaza, <snip>, i was looking at some interesting entheogenic seeds i wanted, but <snip> asks to tell them if your country needs import permits... I've never heard of import permits.
But, i did order some ornamental corn seed from <snip> one time, and it shipped from china i think, and this USDA agent showed up, and demanded by law that the seeds, or plants be destroyed. I said wa!Tf, and i would like to avoid anything like that happening again.
So ? Are they just fussy about corn, or will any seed be scrutinized? I suspect it is not that big a deal unless you order corn from China.
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Edited by Mostly_Harmless (09/20/13 12:38 AM)
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Jozsus
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Re: Need import permits for overseas seeds? [Re: ellomello]
#18865916 - 09/20/13 12:36 AM (10 years, 5 months ago) |
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Swim has ordered peyote and khat and ephedra seeds as well as cannabis seeds from all over the world without incident.
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Re: Need import permits for overseas seeds? [Re: ellomello]
#18866369 - 09/20/13 07:04 AM (10 years, 5 months ago) |
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Sounds like the corn thing might be something specific to agricultural crops. It's weird that an agent would come to you later on though instead of intercepting the mail and informing you it was destroyed.
Peyote seeds are flat out illegal in the US, so they would be taken if they are labeled as such and customs discovers them and puts two and two together. CITES (endangered species) regulations also apply to some seeds, that's probably the type of paperwork the cactus seed company was thinking of. If they open your package and the seeds are labeled as a species that requires CITES permits, you might have a problem. For the Trichocereus species of greatest interest for mescaline content, none are endangered as far as I know so that would be a non-issue. The paperwork is expensive anyway I think, could even be more than the total value of the seeds you might lose if it was required and not present.
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Jozsus
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Re: Need import permits for overseas seeds? [Re: psi]
#18869006 - 09/20/13 06:40 PM (10 years, 5 months ago) |
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would order the peyote seed again without fear
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Re: Need import permits for overseas seeds? [Re: Jozsus]
#18869060 - 09/20/13 07:03 PM (10 years, 5 months ago) |
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Order again........plausible deniability.
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Re: Need import permits for overseas seeds? [Re: Jozsus]
#18869107 - 09/20/13 07:18 PM (10 years, 5 months ago) |
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Quote:
Jozsus said: would order the peyote seed again without fear
Yeah from what I gather people don't generally get in trouble when customs finds small quantities of contraband, the worst that happens is that you get a letter saying you're not getting your shit.
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ellomello
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Re: Need import permits for overseas seeds? [Re: psi]
#18876232 - 09/22/13 02:40 PM (10 years, 5 months ago) |
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A letter, COOL! Thanks y'all.
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