Many thanks Jim Darren >From: "J.E. Shields" <jshields@indy.net> >Reply-To: Pacific Bulb Society <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org> >To: Pacific Bulb Society <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org> >Subject: Re: [pbs] Importing Hippeastrum to Mexico advice >Date: Fri, 26 Aug 2005 11:31:17 -0500 > >Darren, > >I only know how it works here in the U.S.A. If the parcels come by the >postal service, they are handed back to the USPS by the Customs inspectors >and go on their merry way to me. If they come by airfrieght, I have to use >a customs brokerage firm to see them through customs and inspections, and >then to forward them on to me. > >You might look for a respectable customs broker who operates at the Mexican >port of entry through which you expect plants or bulbs to be shipped to >you. Airfreight shipment and customs brokers are the best way to handle >large batches of bulbs or plants, but they are definitely more expensive >than air parcel post. > >I've no idea what you'll run into in Mexico, but I suspect you need to find >someone there who already knows the ropes. This says "Customs Broker" to >me; and trying to do things on the cheap sounds like a recipe for disaster, >IMHO. > >But, as I said, I know nothing about how things work in Mexico! > >Regards, >Jim Shields >in central Indiana (USA) > > >At 03:38 PM 8/26/2005 +0000, you wrote: > >Thank you. > > > >So once you have all the paperwork, will the authorities contact you on > >arrival of the package? Do you then go to the port and show the necesary > >paperwork for collection? > > > >Kind regards > > > >Darren > >************************************************* >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 > > >_______________________________________________ >pbs mailing list >pbs@lists.ibiblio.org >http://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php