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Post by checkerspot on Jun 28, 2011 7:36:01 GMT -8
Adam, Up to a point. The Fish and Wildlife people consider the import/export of 8 or more insects/butterflies to be 'commercial' in nature even if no money is involved. In that case a person must have a USFWS import/export license and go through the paperwork and fees. And Wolf, the reason that many people can succesfully hand carry specimens on luggage is that the F&W Service often does not have a full time person present at airports. When there you must go through customs whose main concern is collecting duties on high value items. For insects, you are usually dealing with the Dept. of Agriculture whose main concern is preventing the introduction of live insects that could jeopardize the US agriculture industry. That is why they wanted to know if your insects were dead or alive. However, depending on who the inspector is, they could have asked to see an export permit from Peru. Without one, they could have held your specimens until you cleared them through the F&W. This has happened to some unlucky people. And Simon, My guess is that the majority of USA specimens that appear on European dealer lists were exported 'illegally' from the US because they never went through the F&W process.
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Post by wollastoni on Jun 28, 2011 8:34:32 GMT -8
Claude < maybe you should better pack them and send them via EMS to your home.
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