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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Hi Dirk,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Someone forwarded your email stream so I thought I’d weigh in on your concerns. We routinely ship botanical specimens & mounting supplies to China and I have never needed a CR code. As stated by some others the CR code may be required if shipping to a Chinese company rather than a Chinese Institution/School/Museum. If you have any questions on shipping natural history specimens to China please do not hesitate to ask.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Regards,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Andrew Clark<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:blue'>Andrew P. Clark<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:blue'>Loans Officer<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:blue'>U.S. National Herbarium<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:blue'>Department of Botany<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:blue'>Smithsonian Institution<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:blue'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:blue'>clarkap@si.edu<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:blue'>phone: (202) 633-0938</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arno Pro Smbd Display","serif";color:blue'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>