[Arisaema-l] seed import requirements for USA citizens

[2csh]

 Hi all: I am getting ready to submit seeds to Eric in The Netherlands for the 2017 AEG seed exchange. Still waiting for a pod or two to turn red. It occurred to me that some Americans might be a bit intimidated by the requirement to get a seed import permit from the U.S. Department of Agriculture. It is not so difficult and costs nothing. I just renewed my permit and it is all done on line now. You get the permit on line and also you get some green and yellow labels (also on line to be printed on a color printer) that you need to send to Eric with a photocopy of your permit. Eric puts a green and yellow tag with the packets of seed that he mails to you. The seeds get inspected by USDA government workers and then are sent on to your designated address.
If you can grow Arisaema from seed, you can easily do this permit process.
To send in seed from the USA to the exchange, you just need to mail them to Eric's address in The Netherlands. THERE IS NO PERMIT REQUIREMENT TO SEND YOUR SEEDS TO THE NETHERLANDS FROM THE USA. 
Hope we get more participation this year than last with some more donors. There are seeds you get from this exchange that are hard to find/ unavailable as plants from nurseries, at least here in the USA. Some of what I am submitting this year (ovale, heterophyllum) are second generation plants that grew from seed that I planted in the garden a few years ago.
Charles HunterSmyrna, Georgia zone 7USA

Here is the web link to the small seed lot permit section of USDA- just follow the prompts and links: USDA APHIS | Small Lots of Seed
  
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