“I’m not sure why there is this drive to make it more and more difficult for the hobbyist to engage in their hobby compared to the large commercial importers “ Lee. I think you know why. I use a mating disruption pheromone for a pest of my fruit trees. I can’t buy it here in New Jersey but if I lived in a couple of other states I could. It’s an organic approach to pest control For a company to sell it here in New Jersey they have to get a permit to distribute. It’s not worth it for anyone to do that. I imagine the large importers and distributors of plant material want you and I to deal with them They don’t care that these are real specialty items not in wide distribution Arnold --Lee Poulsen Pasadena, California, USA - USDA Zone 10a Latitude 34°N, Altitude 1150 ft/350 m > On May 2, 2022, at 11:11 AM, Robert Nold via pbs <pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> wrote: > >> Correct me if I'm wrong, but you need an import permit for any plant > material. The discussion on the PBS List has been about the Small Lots of > Seed permit. The permit you require for bulbs and plants is a different > permit so it's best to go to the APHIS (USDA) website and check on importing > bulbs and plants. > > Unless the bulbs are being imported for resale, an import permit is not > required, so long as a phytosanitary certificate provided by the exporter is > included in the shipment. > > " Plants for planting which do not require an import permit: > > Precleared bulbs of APHIS-approved taxa when from an approved preclearance > program > [Note: the above is for importers who buy bulbs from The Netherlands, etc.] > Shipments of 12 or fewer plants, only when there is no applicable specific > restriction (see Plants with Additional Requirements, Prohibited Plants, and > the APHIS Plants for Planting Manual.) > Most plants from Canada > Sterile cultures of orchid plants" > > The APHIS website is kind of vague when it comes to the actual number of > bulbs (or "articles") allowed. > > "Under the plants for planting quarantine (7 CFR 319 Subpart-Plants for > Planting), the following restricted articles (other than articles for food, > analytical, medicinal, or manufacturing purposes) in any of the following > categories may be imported or offered for importation into the United States > only after issuance of a written permit by Plant Protection and Quarantine: > > Lots of 13 or more articles (other than seeds, bulbs, or sterile cultures of > orchid plants) from any country or locality except Canada" > > Note also that bulbs like species and cultivars of galanthus also require a > CITES Appendix II export permit (provided by the exporter), in addition to > the phyto. > > Bob Nold > Denver, Colorado > > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net > http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/… > Unsubscribe: <mailto:pbs-unsubscribe@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> > PBS Forum https://… _______________________________________________ pbs mailing list pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/… Unsubscribe: <mailto:pbs-unsubscribe@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> PBS Forum https://… _______________________________________________ pbs mailing list pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/… Unsubscribe: <mailto:pbs-unsubscribe@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> PBS Forum https://…