Shipping seed overseas questions

cone9 · Dec 4, 2013

How do you all ship seeds overseas from in the US?
How do you package?
My post office wants me to affix a customs declaration label to the parcel. Do you do that?
I have received seed from Australia in just a normal envelope.

JoynersHotPeppers · Dec 4, 2013

Many people use birthday cards.

smileyguy697 · Dec 4, 2013

I just put them in a bubble mailer and fill out a customs form. They do the rest.. Easy peasy!

JoynersHotPeppers · Dec 4, 2013

smileyguy697 said:
I just put them in a bubble mailer and fill out a customs form. They do the rest.. Easy peasy!

That works where they are allowed only.

smileyguy697 · Dec 4, 2013

Lol. I know.. He didn't say anything about sending them to Australia tho.

cone9 · Dec 4, 2013

This batch is going to Denmark. I don't want her seeds to get confiscated.

Datil · Dec 5, 2013

Make it look like a "normal" mail, fill in some paper or a birthday card with a little piece of bubble wrap if you want to further protect seeds.
It works every time for me and it's cheaper.

Good luck

Datil

mmcdermott1 · Dec 5, 2013

smileyguy697 said:
I just put them in a bubble mailer and fill out a customs form. They do the rest.. Easy peasy!

Watch doing this to Australia. They have changed their customs a lot and are REALLY checking packages from the USA, specifically bubble envelopes.

smileyguy697 · Dec 5, 2013

Denmark should be ok.
It's just Australia that's a pain.

Vegas_Chili · Dec 5, 2013

I've shipped to Spain recently. One large bubble envelope with seeds and a small bubble envelope with seeds and dried pods and both arrived on time and without being opened by customs.

I wrote on the customs form "pepper seeds" "capsicum chinense", went thru without a problem.

-Walt

Sarge · Dec 5, 2013

I was expecting seeds down here in Australia from the US. Nothing today but I do have a tracked article to pick up. Its either a warning/confiscation letter or something else.