US, shipping to Canada?

[Triggreef]

World wide express via shipnex is actually fairly cheap, $52 which is about the same as coast to coast here. Gives me a next day estimate.

Under the shipping description for ww express it says 1 to 3 days. I'm not thinking of sending much other than zoas which would be fine even at 3 days in my experience.

Just want to see if anyone has used this service, or another? If it's a possibility to ship to Canada successfully from the US? And any stories?

I seem to see a lot of Canadians saying they can't get the same corals out there.

 

[Triggreef]

Anyone?

 

[Diesel]

I thought it was illegal to trade corals to Canada.
Let's see if we can find out more.





#reefsquad

 

[Brew12]

World wide express via shipnex is actually fairly cheap, $52 which is about the same as coast to coast here. Gives me a next day estimate.

Under the shipping description for ww express it says 1 to 3 days. I'm not thinking of sending much other than zoas which would be fine even at 3 days in my experience.

Just want to see if anyone has used this service, or another? If it's a possibility to ship to Canada successfully from the US? And any stories?

I seem to see a lot of Canadians saying they can't get the same corals out there.

Any "reef building" material such as stony corals or live rock requires a CITES permit. You basically have to prove that the coral and/or rock was aquacultured and did not come from the ocean.

My understanding is that zoas do not fall under the CITES permit requirements but they must have no trace of any rock and be attached to what is clearly a man made plug. The fines for violating this are pretty steep so you may want to dig a little deeper before trying to ship anything.

 

[Shep]

Also it may get tied up in customs for longer than expected, its a pretty big risk from what I understand

 

[jsker]

Good post @Brew12 here is a little more info link I have no idea I just looked it up. Looks like costs and red tape to get through.

 

[Diesel]

Any "reef building" material such as stony corals or live rock requires a CITES permit. You basically have to prove that the coral and/or rock was aquacultured and did not come from the ocean.

My understanding is that zoas do not fall under the CITES permit requirements but they must have no trace of any rock and be attached to what is clearly a man made plug. The fines for violating this are pretty steep so you may want to dig a little deeper before trying to ship anything.

And there you have it!

 

[Diesel]

Also it may get tied up in customs for longer than expected, its a pretty big risk from what I understand

I remember the first 10 frags years ago from the JD from Canada were destroyed.

 

[Brew12]

I remember the first 10 frags years ago from the JD from Canada were destroyed.

I saw some horror stories where people trying to bring coral frags across the border had the corals destroyed because the customs guys didn't understand the requirements well enough.

 

[Brew12]

Good post @Brew12 here is a little more info link I have no idea I just looked it up. Looks like costs and red tape to get through.

That is the US link. Here is the Canada one.
https://www.ec.gc.ca/cites/default.asp?lang=En&n=1BC82E16-1

 

[jsker]

That is the US link. Here is the Canada one.
https://www.ec.gc.ca/cites/default.asp?lang=En&n=1BC82E16-1

 

[randy4083]

Wow I just ordered some stuff from big show frags in Canada and I really hope that I don't lose what I ordered because they said that they have shipped to the USA before is there a difference or what

 

[Diesel]

Interesting how they will do that.

 

[Brew12]

The CITES paperwork needed to ship from Canada to the US is much less stringent than going from the US into Canada. I wouldn't expect any problems with this vendor since they explicitly state that shipments to the US may be delayed while they get the needed permits ready.

 

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