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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">Actually, wherever the shipment is
from/going to, the best practice is to use FedEx Trade Networks,
not regular FedEx. FTN *is* the in-house customs broker for FedEx
and it is the system FedEx has for handling customs and other
import/export processes. <br>
<br>
The caveat here is that we have seen numerous instances of customs
brokers not handling the CITES validation correctly. They either
don't obtain it at all or don't assure that the description of the
contents matches the permit. This is particularly true for large
shipments. The only way to make sure that CITES validation (which
is actually described in the CITES resolution as "endorsement") is
done correctly is to go to the airport yourself and meet with the
Customs officer who has been assigned to handle CITES validations.
Which is obviously not feasible in many cases - large countries,
countries that have only one or two ports where CITES validations
can be obtained.<br>
<br>
The U.S. designated wildlife ports are here: <br>
<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.fws.gov_le_designated-2Dports.html&d=AwMD-g&c=-dg2m7zWuuDZ0MUcV7Sdqw&r=CLFZJ3fvGSmDp7xK1dNZfh6uGV_h-8NVlo3fXNoRNzI&m=z4zLXzd_VQtm_Vgoh8_hQeg22BylOP3Gm43BnuYPvrw&s=Ww7d6mL5Evwl4UGKccDAk5TzTazZfD5wp8sWjFlehTw&e=">http://www.fws.gov/le/designated-ports.html</a><br>
<br>
It says at the top "generally, all wildlife must be
imported/exported through one of the following designated ports."
However, that is not true. If you click on this page: <br>
<br>
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<br>
There is a long list of exceptions, the biggest one being "stuff
that does not require a USFWS permit." And even that paragraph is
wrong, because it doesn't include Wild Bird Conservation Act or
CITES permits. <br>
<br>
One should NEVER rely on agency websites. They are often wrong or
out-of-date. For instance, the USDA officially declared that the
webpage that lists country disease status is the official list.
Yet they have never listed Australia or New South Wales as a
country/region affected by HPAI. Fortunately, the USDA permits
office <br>
is on top of things and has added New South Wales to the
restrictions on the permits they issue. But if you had relied on
the website, you would have had problems.<br>
<br>
Ellen<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">Hi all,<br>
<br>
please be aware that FedEx US is suitable to export CITES
material from the US and probably the best solution, but that
other international FedEx subsidiaries (e.g. FedEx Germany)
refuses to accept and to transport CITES material because they
fear troublesome customs clearance & delays. In such cases,
re-export has to rely on other parcel carriers and it might be
wise to check if those carriers do operate & clear such
consignments at an designated port of entry. <br>
<br>
Might be worth to compile such an list of international
designated ports of entry and share this list on the SPNHC
website ?<br>
<br>
In Germany, these airports are:<br>
<br>
Frankfurt Main (FRA): DHL World post, also handling EMS imports
arriving from Brazil / SkyNet, handling Australian Post
shipments<br>
Düsseldorf (DUS): GDSK, handling imports of Chinese &
Taiwanese Post<br>
Colgne / Bonn (CGN): air hubs of FedEx (Germany), UPS (Germany)<br>
Tegel (TXL): DHL World Post (shipments of national postal
services with destinations in NE Germany)<br>
Leipzig / Halle (LEJ): DHL Express, DHL Worldpost (partim)<br>
<br>
This list might be fragmentary and is based on import issues
handled so far from my side. Other airports may apply, surely
are of minor importance, but might be worth checking for
specific shipments (e.g. large animal mounts that need to be
moved for exhibition).<br>
<br>
All these airport can also be used to route international air
cargo shipments (as an alternative to traditional postal
services, which might fail to offer service from specific
developing countries), as all these airports do operate
veterinarian border inspection posts and wildlife inspection
office (customs).<br>
<br>
<br>
All the best<br>
Dirk<br>
<br>
Am 28.01.2015 um 22:36 schrieb Ellen Paul:<br>
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As you will read, people ARE using the mail to ship wildlife
products, even if those species require a permit. The USFWS told
us that you can use the mail - contrary to what the regulations
imply. <br>
<br>
The regulations don't prohibit the use of the mail in so many
words. Instead, they say that you have to ship protected stuff
(anything that requires a permit) through a designated wildlife
port. And <br>
<br>
they also make an exception for scientific specimens: <br>
<br>
<br>
<span class="SECTNO SECTION-SECTNO" style="font-weight: bold;
text-align: left; width: 157.800003051758px; float: left;
color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: sans-serif; font-size:
13.3333330154419px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal;
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text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal;
widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width:
0px;">§ 14.24</span><span class="SUBJECT SECTION-SUBJECT"
style="font-weight: bold; width: auto; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);
font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333330154419px;
font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; letter-spacing:
normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start;
text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal;
widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width:
0px;">Scientific specimens.</span><span style="color: rgb(0,
0, 0); font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333330154419px;
font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal;
letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto;
text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none;
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float: none;"></span><span class="P" style="display: block;
margin-top: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px; clear: both; color:
rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: sans-serif; font-size:
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text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto;
word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;"><font
size="+1"><b>Except for wildlife requiring a permit pursuant
to parts 16, 17, 18, 21, 22 or 23 of this subchapter,</b></font>
dead, preserved, dried, or embedded scientific specimens or
parts thereof, imported or exported by accredited scientists
or accredited scientific institutions for taxonomic or
systematic research purposes may enter or exit through any
U.S. Customs port, or may be shipped through the international
mail system.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><span
class="E-03" style="font-style: italic; padding-right: 2px;
padding-left: 2px;">Provided,</span><span
class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>that this exception
will not apply to any specimens or parts thereof taken as a
result of sport hunting.<br>
<br>
<br>
</span>The logical inference is: if there's an exception, there
must be a rule that otherwise prohibits whatever the exception
allows.<br>
<br>
However, when I talked with Mark Phillips of the Division of Law
Enforcement of the USFWS, he pointed out (correctly) that the
regulations do not prohibit use of the mail, notwithstanding the
fact that there is an exception. And that the mail leaving the
U.S. goes out through ports that are designated wildlife ports.
If you have marked the package correctly, then, you could send
it out through the U.S. mail.<br>
<br>
Personally, I would never send anything of value through the
U.S. mail. It just isn't reliable. And mail service in most
other countries is even less reliable.<br>
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</span>I strongly advise the use of FedEx and if you are not
near a designated wildlife port and need to export, you can send
the entire shipment (unsealed but otherwise ready to go out,
i.e., with all packaging and documents) in a second, outer box
to a USFWS law enforcement office at a designated wildlife port
and ask them to clear (if you didn't e-dec), inspect, seal, and
ship.<br>
<br>
It makes sense to send the packages to LE in Memphis, which has
a lot of experience with wildlife generally and specifically
with shipments of scientific material. The chief there - Barry
Davis - is exceptionally helpful.<br>
<br>
Ellen<br>
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