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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 10/25/21 10:01 AM, Amanda Bremner
wrote:<br>
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out a package and fill out the FedEx waybill I always opt to
choose FedEx as the customs broker. I always include a clear
description of our shipment contents (including taxon names,
preservation method, weight, country of Origin, total declared
value of $20 CAD) and HS code 9705.00 (for botanical,
zoological, palaeontological collections). I always include a
boilerplate on the outside of the package and a label for
dangerous goods in excepted quantities if the shipment
contains 70% or 95% ethanol. I always note that it is a
commercial shipment and use the commercial invoice generated
by FedEx.<o:p></o:p></span>
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<p>There are two substantial differences between your protocol and
what entomology museums like ours use for insect specimens:</p>
<p>(1) We always use regular postal delivery, and their standard
postal Customs declaration.</p>
<p>(2) We always explicitly state the shipment has zero commercial
value (and no declared value).</p>
<p>Otherwise we adhere to the protocol you give.<br>
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<p>Our shipments are almost never held up, and if they are, it's
almost always for a veterinary clearance. It could be a mix of
those two factors that make things go more smoothly, hard to say
whether just one of them alone makes all the difference.</p>
<p>Peace,<br>
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<pre class="moz-signature" cols="72">--
Doug Yanega Dept. of Entomology Entomology Research Museum
Univ. of California, Riverside, CA 92521-0314 skype: dyanega
phone: (951) 827-4315 (disclaimer: opinions are mine, not UCR's)
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://faculty.ucr.edu/~heraty/yanega.html">https://faculty.ucr.edu/~heraty/yanega.html</a>
"There are some enterprises in which a careful disorderliness
is the true method" - Herman Melville, Moby Dick, Chap. 82</pre>
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