Prepaid shipping labels for US seed imports?

Jan Jeddeloh janjeddeloh@gmail.com
Mon, 06 Mar 2017 22:17:01 PST
Mike, is the prepaid shipping label for getting the seed from the inspection station to you?  If so you don’t need one.  APHIS (inpseciton station) automatically sends the seed on thru the post office and no further postage is necessary.  Really.  I’ve gotten seed the last couple of years from the SRGC and AGS using the Small Lot permit and it’s come thru just fine.  Every now and then their is a rogue/incompetent/new inspector who erroneously thnks the envelope need extra postage but they are wrong.  

So bottom line is your foreign shipper pays the postage to get the package to the US.  Once in the US there are no additional charges.  You just may wait a while for the seed. I just got my AGS seed today.  It was mailed from Great Britain in mid January.  

Jan Jeddeloh
> On Mar 6, 2017, at 10:06 PM, <thorne.fred@gmail.com> <thorne.fred@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Hi Mike, I have used DHL in past, it has been a while but they may be able to help.
> 
> Sent from Mail for Windows 10
> 
> From: Michael Mace
> Sent: Monday, March 6, 2017 10:01 PM
> To: pbs@lists.ibiblio.org
> Subject: [pbs] Prepaid shipping labels for US seed imports
> 
> Hi, gang.
> 
> I'm trying to import some seeds into the US. I have my small lots of seed
> permit, but I need to also send the seed vendor a prepaid shipping label
> that the US inspection folks can use to send the seeds from their facility
> to me. USPS prepaid labels don't work because the shipping date has to be
> pre-printed on them. So I am trying to find another service that will let me
> create a prepaid shipping label. I've looked at UPS and FedEx but can't
> figure out their websites.
> 
> So, my question: Those of you who import into the US, how do you handle this
> problem? Is there a particular service you use?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Mike
> 
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