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Can you please check the below info received from one broker there regarding new regulation in Canada and please confirm before I can export your goods ?
This might affect your shipment and we need to make sure before goods can be exported to Canada.
The Canadian Government has thrown another wrench into the clearance procedures here in Canada, the Canadian Veterinarians are now referring all shipment with wood products (drift wood, tree branches, tree stumps, dirt, grasses .. any type of live plant material) to the Plant protection department of CFIA. This has now held up (2) shipments, one for 30 days, which worked out to a 1500 hundred dollar storage bill, after heavy negotiating with the warehouse. The second shipment … just started clearing now .. to be determined.
The bottom line here .. we have to get word out to all of your clients, no logs .. branches, drift wood, Dirt .. should be on any of the mounts, if they would like to continue to use these products, they must have a “Phytosanitary Certificate” accompany the shipment … a Fumigation certificate is not enough .. clients will be looking a huge storage bill if the shipments show up in “Calgary” with these products … most of the time they will only be on Pedestal Mounts and Full Mounts. The last Pedestal mount had to be taken apart, the client was only able to keep the cabinet and the mounts, the drift wood and the base was taken by CFIA and destroyed.
I have been importing Trophy shipments for over 30 years and these two shipments are the first we have seen, the government seems to be creating these obstacles and unfortunately we have to find ways around them .. please keep in mind, this is only happening in Calgary at the moment, seems the majority of the shipments go through Calgary first !!
This might affect your shipment and we need to make sure before goods can be exported to Canada.
The Canadian Government has thrown another wrench into the clearance procedures here in Canada, the Canadian Veterinarians are now referring all shipment with wood products (drift wood, tree branches, tree stumps, dirt, grasses .. any type of live plant material) to the Plant protection department of CFIA. This has now held up (2) shipments, one for 30 days, which worked out to a 1500 hundred dollar storage bill, after heavy negotiating with the warehouse. The second shipment … just started clearing now .. to be determined.
The bottom line here .. we have to get word out to all of your clients, no logs .. branches, drift wood, Dirt .. should be on any of the mounts, if they would like to continue to use these products, they must have a “Phytosanitary Certificate” accompany the shipment … a Fumigation certificate is not enough .. clients will be looking a huge storage bill if the shipments show up in “Calgary” with these products … most of the time they will only be on Pedestal Mounts and Full Mounts. The last Pedestal mount had to be taken apart, the client was only able to keep the cabinet and the mounts, the drift wood and the base was taken by CFIA and destroyed.
I have been importing Trophy shipments for over 30 years and these two shipments are the first we have seen, the government seems to be creating these obstacles and unfortunately we have to find ways around them .. please keep in mind, this is only happening in Calgary at the moment, seems the majority of the shipments go through Calgary first !!