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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;
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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);
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font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; letter-spacing:
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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;
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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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