RE: Shipping irises to Canada


Hi Margaret,

Sorry to confuse good folks, but the smuggling was nothing more than dramtic
joke to get people to focus on how serious this issue to someone who lives
in a State that refuses to issue Phyto certs. to Canada.  The only means
presently available to me to get iris into Canada is to smuggle them in
which I'm not going to do. That's the problem requiring an AIS solution.

Cheers! Brad 

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From: owner-aisdiscuss@aisboard.org [mailto:owner-aisdiscuss@aisboard.org]
On Behalf Of Margaret Sutton
Sent: Monday, August 04, 2008 5:52 PM
To: aisdiscuss@aisboard.org
Subject: [AISdiscuss] Shipping irises to Canada

Hi all, particularly Brad:

We have shipped to Canada, as I am sure other commercial growers have as
well.
Barbara is correct: you get the phyto which has the Canadian address,
required
certifications, etc., on it.  This includes having the irises inspected,
etc,
just like any other foreign country.  It is shipped to a border state in
this
country to a person who then carries the irises accross the border to the
Canadian address.  I am pretty sure Canada looks at the irises and the
documentation when they cross the border, although I have never actually
seen
the process.  I know from experience Canada is one of the stricter and more
difficult countries to ship into, so I can't imagine they would overlook a
parcel coming in in someone's car!  I don't think it's a case of concealing
a
package in one's underwear, as one of my European friends remarked!

I don't really think it is smuggling, Brad.  Documentation is done, the
state
certifies the irises, etc.  It's just cheaper to ship to Washington than to
Canada.

Margaret

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