importing Keris to UK

Mark · 20th April 2005, 09:02 PM

Absolutely right on all counts. Also, the U.S. Customs service has their toes in it as well, since they are the ones who are often checking incoming and outgoing shipments and documentation.

One interesting twist to CITES in the U.S. (I really need to write a better article on this -- after I get my permits approved, promise), you can only import/export through specific ports of entry, of which there are only about eight. This is even for air shipments as I understand it. You can get a waiver to use another port, but you have to show financial hardship or hardship on what is being shipped (like Baby Jumbo would suffer too much being shipped from Houston to Baltimore to Berlin than he would direct Houston-Berlin). The laws and regulations are really made for shipping live animals or raw material, rather than smaller items like sword handles. Still, there it is.

20th April 2005, 09:02 PM	#23
Mark Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 987	Absolutely right on all counts. Also, the U.S. Customs service has their toes in it as well, since they are the ones who are often checking incoming and outgoing shipments and documentation. One interesting twist to CITES in the U.S. (I really need to write a better article on this -- after I get my permits approved, promise), you can only import/export through specific ports of entry, of which there are only about eight. This is even for air shipments as I understand it. You can get a waiver to use another port, but you have to show financial hardship or hardship on what is being shipped (like Baby Jumbo would suffer too much being shipped from Houston to Baltimore to Berlin than he would direct Houston-Berlin). The laws and regulations are really made for shipping live animals or raw material, rather than smaller items like sword handles. Still, there it is.