[Nhcoll-l] [EXTERN] Shipping sampled leaf material to China

Wed Jul 9 10:52:25 EDT 2025

Thank you everyone for your insights, resources, and super helpful
suggestions. It's been a while since I have had to ship anything to China,
and I know regulations change periodically. Surprisingly, the researchers
did not seem to be aware of the specific regulations for shipping into
their country, so I had consulted with the herbarium that is in their
institution and unfortunately received no response. I will follow up with
your suggestions - so again, many thanks!

~Mare

On Wed, Jul 9, 2025 at 7:07 AM Donney Nicholson <d.nicholson at nhm.ac.uk>
wrote:

> Hi Mare,
>
> We have not sent any plant material to China since early 2024 after we had
> a lichen loan returned to us as we did not have a phytosanitary certificate
> accompanying the specimens. The advice at the time (from CAS, Kunming) was:
>
> *If there are a lot of soil in the specimen, it might need Phytosanitary
> certificate, if not, it will be OK.*
>
> We proceeded to send as our lichen material didn't have soil present, but
> it still failed to clear customs due to not having a certificate....
>
> Can be a bit of a lottery sending to China in our experience, but things
> may have changed over the last 12 months as Dirk mentions. Maybe get your
> collaborators over there to do a bit of digging before deciding to send.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Donney
>
>
>
>
> Donney Nicholson
>
> Loans & Exhibitions Manager (Registry)
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> Natural History Museum
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> London. SW7 5BD.
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> UK
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> *From:* Nhcoll-l <nhcoll-l-bounces at mailman.yale.edu> on behalf of Tocci,
> Genevieve E. <glewis-g at oeb.harvard.edu>
> *Sent:* 09 July 2025 1:59 PM
> *To:* nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu <nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu>
> *Subject:* Re: [Nhcoll-l] [EXTERN] Shipping sampled leaf material to China
>
> Hi Mare,
>
> I recently shipped material to HMAS in Beijing and they let me know FedEx
> would work fine, and it did. As for other issues, I made sure to use the
> correct tariff code and write a description that was precise and had no
> issues. I have not heard about any other issues with botanical materials to
> China, assuming it is not a pathogen/parasite. Then I assume there would be
> some import permits needed.
>
> Best wishes,
> Genevieve
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> Harvard University Herbaria
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> *From:* Nhcoll-l <nhcoll-l-bounces at mailman.yale.edu> on behalf of Dirk
> Neumann <d.neumann at leibniz-lib.de>
> *Sent:* Tuesday, July 8, 2025 4:23 PM
> *To:* nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu <nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu>
> *Subject:* Re: [Nhcoll-l] [EXTERN] Shipping sampled leaf material to China
>
> Hi Mare,
>
> my information might be outdated as it is pre-Covid:
>
> Back then, it was advised to sue DHL Express for deliveries within
> mainland China should, because DHL Express had the most solid grid in the
> country. Back then, we shipped zoological material with the Shipping Doc
> /Customs declaration I just shared (continuously updated template). As far
> as I know the material arrived save.
>
> It might also be worth consulting the website of carriers because customs
> regulations, taxes and tariffs do change regularly.
>
> DHL Express offers specific information here: *https://www.dhl.com/discover/en-id/e-commerce-advice/shipping-guides-by-country/trade-with-china-customs-clearance
> <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.dhl.com_discover_en-2Did_e-2Dcommerce-2Dadvice_shipping-2Dguides-2Dby-2Dcountry_trade-2Dwith-2Dchina-2Dcustoms-2Dclearance&d=DwMFaQ&c=WO-RGvefibhHBZq3fL85hQ&r=EYdhJ0HrhAMcA2aVQ-I4N7lml00zxsXPbHYeP7843No&m=bTH5OgI2hw319BlEAewLVvuNh5rs3hGndoDzzpyEeHSdmtQEP2LFvDbaNWWWtbL0&s=_jE5dVfaJieflLb1IhqbD48P_7jUWaJeUkgmmF6spQE&e=>*
> FedEx offers specific information here: *https://www.fedex.com/content/dam/fedex/apac-asia-pacific/downloads/fedex-import-clearance-guideline-en-cn.pdf
> <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.fedex.com_content_dam_fedex_apac-2Dasia-2Dpacific_downloads_fedex-2Dimport-2Dclearance-2Dguideline-2Den-2Dcn.pdf&d=DwMFaQ&c=WO-RGvefibhHBZq3fL85hQ&r=EYdhJ0HrhAMcA2aVQ-I4N7lml00zxsXPbHYeP7843No&m=bTH5OgI2hw319BlEAewLVvuNh5rs3hGndoDzzpyEeHSdmtQEP2LFvDbaNWWWtbL0&s=MiypylpgzW1xr86-3_HXY1Afm1uIAmFFV0dDW7uNW9s&e=>*
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> UPS here: *https://www.ups.com/assets/resources/media/en_US/China%20how-to%20guide-010218_FINAL.pdf
> <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.ups.com_assets_resources_media_en-5FUS_China-2520how-2Dto-2520guide-2D010218-5FFINAL.pdf&d=DwMFaQ&c=WO-RGvefibhHBZq3fL85hQ&r=EYdhJ0HrhAMcA2aVQ-I4N7lml00zxsXPbHYeP7843No&m=bTH5OgI2hw319BlEAewLVvuNh5rs3hGndoDzzpyEeHSdmtQEP2LFvDbaNWWWtbL0&s=H-URi-jveJ9lRMcZO5nwNoICtKlK2KOXGlYB13wyR0o&e=>*
>
> Hope this helps
> Dirk
>
>
> Am 08.07.2025 um 19:51 schrieb Mare Nazaire:
>
> Greetings,
>
> I had a recent destructive sampling request for leaf material to be sent
> to Beijing, China. The researchers did not have up to date information on
> regulations and necessary paperwork to ship material to China - I wondered
> if anyone has suggestions about proper protocols and regulations for
> shipping leaf material to that country.
>
> Thank you,
> ~Mare
>
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Mare Nazaire, Ph.D.
Curator, Herbarium [RSA-POM]
California Botanic Garden
Assistant Professor, Claremont Graduate University
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