Go to the Canadian Orchid Congress site (www.canadianorchidcongress.ca <http://www.canadianorchidcongress.ca/> import) and see the excellent summary by Marilyn Light for importation. People slip through with the 50 plants houseplants exemption when they hand carry them---mail or courier is different. But even with that, you still should have CITES. The exemption is really only for the phyto certificate. But many people get through. But it is no guarantee.
Unfortunately the US is one of the most harsh places in the world to export from but makes things super easy for Taiwan importers to the USA. It is a tragedy for US growers. The paperwork that the US grower has to go through to export is much more strenuous than say from Thailand. The left hand is lunatic and the right hand is a slut. No wonder so many US growers are going out of business. The whole thing is stupid because within the USA, it is easier to regulate growers than from third world countries. Yet US growers are treated like criminals while third world countries are often given trade favours. In the case of Taiwan, apparently the USA traded lax import rules for orchids (greatly harming the Hawaiians who must go through more) for the ability to export potatoes to Taiwan. Sounds like big lobby groups from MacDonalds, Walmart and Home Depot while the AOS sat on their hands. Shame!!!!!!!!!!!! Jean Windsor Greenhouse RR 2, 345 Gabriel Rd, Falmouth, NS B0P 1L0 866-798-0514; FAX 902-798-1131 [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.windsorgreenhouse.com _______________________________________________ the OrchidGuide Digest (OGD) orchids@orchidguide.com http://orchidguide.com/mailman/listinfo/orchids_orchidguide.com
