Hello. Komoriya ships with phyto certificate. Ordered from them in 2022-2023. Inna. On Mon, Aug 5, 2024 at 6:04 AM Robert Lauf via pbs < pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> wrote: > I'm thinking the same thing. There is a category of import permit that > is called something like "Bulbs for Planting", but it applies to a few huge > suppliers (probably Dutch) who have a USDA agent permanently stationed > there at their own expense. I'd be very surprised if a specialty nursery > in Japan would be set up in that program. > Selling a few items to anyone on ebay who clicks on it probably bypasses > APHIS (unless the vendor asks you to email a copy of your permit, which is > required to be in the box) and a copy of your green and yellow label, which > must go on the outside to direct it to the PIS of your choice. "Don't ask, > don't tell" works fine unless customs happens to open it, in which case it > will be confiscated. Anyone who has worked in a bureaucracy knows that > many times it's easier to ask for forgiveness instead of asking for > permission, but in this case you won't have that choice. Only you can > decide how much money you want to put at risk. > If there are several big fans of this nursery in the club, maybe one of > you can get a permit and you can all go in on one order and do it right. > But the nursery needs to understand the rules at their end. And as far as > I know, they do need to get the phyto for the shipment. > Bob > On Monday, August 5, 2024 at 08:36:45 AM EDT, Mark Mazer via pbs < > pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> wrote: > > " they do ship to the US without the need of a phyto certificate" > > Legally or a "wink, wink" deal? > > Mark Mazer > Hertford, NC > > > > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net > https://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/… > Unsubscribe: <mailto:pbs-unsubscribe@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> > PBS Forum latest: > https://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbsforum/index.php/… > _______________________________________________ pbs mailing list pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net https://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/… Unsubscribe: <mailto:pbs-unsubscribe@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> PBS Forum https://…