I agree with Jamie. I have had a regular plant import permit for a couple of years now. I just send a photocopy of my permit letter and one of the yellow and green labels with my overseas plant orders. The expected arrival date has not been a problem; as I recall, I put down "at appropriate seasons". This proposal in fact appears to me to be an excellent resolution of the dilemma USDA got into (mainly because of international agreements, I suspect). Don't knock it till you've tried it! Jim Shields in central Indiana At 10:42 PM 5/4/2004 -0500, you wrote: >That appears to be the same information that the >current 5-year import application requires. >Generalized information is routinely approved. > >Jamie > ************************************************* Jim Shields USDA Zone 5 Shields Gardens, Ltd. P.O. Box 92 WWW: http://www.shieldsgardens.com/ Westfield, Indiana 46074, USA Tel. ++1-317-867-3344 or toll-free 1-866-449-3344 in USA