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Re: Tropical Leaves (not oak/beech)now customs
Yeah well I'm not in the US and it wasn't to be taken seriously. I can't imagine the Spanish paying for these leaves, though I know it is possible to get them in the UK. The Spanish market is VERY price conscious, one of the reasons why it's so hard to get Apisto here.
C:-)lin
----- Original Message -----
From: Erik Olson <erik@thekrib.com>
Date: Thu, 19 Dec 2002 07:42:03 -0800 (PST)
To: <apisto@listbox.com>
Subject: Re: Tropical Leaves (not oak/beech)
> On Thu, 19 Dec 2002, Colin Gorton wrote:
>
> > Yeah, well as I said in the original posting, my contact lives in
> > Venezuela so they should be free for her, maybe I can ghet her to send
> > me some (start up an import business:-)) C:-)lin
>
> Hi folks,
>
> Totally missed the bulk of this thread last week, but I wanted to point
> out that you have to be very careful when importing plant matter into the
> US (or any country for that matter). When we brought in aquatics from
> Brazil a few years ago, there were a lot of problems in Miami. And
> rightfully so! Various insects and small creatures can live on or in the
> leaves, nematodes can infest soil, etc. Everything we brought in had been
> heavily scrubbed in insecticidal soap, and in many cases had the leaves
> and roots pulled off completely. Yet we still missed a few that the
> customs agents had to destroy.
>
> The good news was that after having to deal with all this, the customs
> guys didn't really have any interest in harrassing us over our 100 fish we
> brought. :)
>
> - Erik
>
> --
> Erik Olson
> erik at thekrib dot com
>
>
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C:-)lin
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