I wasn't the fellow that wrote anything but having recently applied for and received an import permit to ship bulbs in from France, I can tell you that France does require an import permit for the exporting nursery to get a phytosanitary certificate, which is required to import bulbs into the USA. If that helps? Mark A. Salem, Oregon A while ago, somebody said he wrote part of the regulations about importing bulbs, and said that dormant bulbs were OK to import without a permit - can somebody please forward that to me? Thanks -- The Silent Seed Rare and Unusual plants from around the world. thesilentseed.com