[Nhcoll-l] Information on shipping Museum mammal skulls to Chile

[Dirk Neumann]

Hi Laura,

I am not into details with country restrictions for Chile, but be 
careful when referring to courier / FedEx webistes. The ban on 
/processed dead animals/ surely refers to animal matierals which are 
either fit for human consumption, or traded as animal-by-products, and 
therefore fall under veterinarian legislation, which is known to be very 
restrictive in Chile (also for plant material / fruits).

However, our materials are museum specimens, which are identified by 
completely different custom tariff codes and treated in a completely 
different way and are not marketed or intended to be accessible to the 
public. Make sure that you ship specimens under harmonized customs 
tariff code 9705.00 and that this code is issued on your FedEx waybill 
and clearly visible in your shipping docs.

All other (more or less ambiguous) descriptions issued in the 
"description of goods field" will lead to ambiguous custom tariff code 
translations by FedEx staff. Bear in mind that the custom tariff codes 
are also used for vets to identify contents of consignment, so this tiny 
bit of information is essential to facilitate import ....

For further information on custom tariff codes you can consult the 
following website:
http://www.wcoomd.org/en/topics/nomenclature/instrument-and-tools/hs_nomenclature_2012/hs_nomenclature_table_2012.aspx

Our kind of material is at the very bottom of this list under section XXI

Also make sure that your shipping docs details the preservation of the 
bones (e.g. boiling, mazaration, any chemical treatment used e.g. for 
degreasing, mentioning hydrogen peroxide treatment of bones might be 
advantageous, too).

Also, ask your colleagues in Chile what they would recommend (they 
should get into contact with veterinarians at the Santiago airport, 
maybe also with customs).

Hope this gives some guidance, if I could help further, let me know.

All the best
Dirk



Am 05.09.2014 22:16, schrieb Laura Abraczinskas:
>
> Hello,
>
> We are looking for information regarding the possibility of shipping 
> preserved mammal skulls to a university in Chile.(We have had no 
> shipping transactions with this country in recent decades.) The 
> materials requested for loan from our museum are non-endangered, 
> non-threatened, non-CITES listed species. We have checked the FedEX 
> International website (country profile for Chile) and see that 
> "processed dead animals" are on the General Import Restrictions list. 
> It seems that preserved dry skulls of cataloged museum specimens would 
> be considered "processed dead animals".Any information or advice is 
> welcome.
>
> Please feel free to reply off list to abraczi1 at msu.edu 
> <mailto:abraczi1 at msu.edu>
>
> Best,
>
> Laura
>
> Laura Abraczinskas, Collections Manager
>
> Vertebrate Collections
>
> Michigan State University Museum
>
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