Hi, I would think that if you have already purchased on eBay or directly from someone in Thailand that a Phytosanitary Cert. should or would have been supplied by the sender of the seeds. If you where to apply for anything it would have been a small quantity seed import permit. I do not believe that most are receiving one of these. Your seeds should arrive without an issue. Rick

Fritz Hochstaetter also has a private housing address in Utah and I think the seeds are mailed from the US by a friend of him. But I am not absolutely certain of that. Ask Fritz by e-mail! I didn't order from him but had never problems receiving seeds from other European seed dealers. Jordi

Legally speaking, as long as the seeds are not on one of the CITES lists for endangered or threatened species, and are not on a provincial list of noxious weeds, then you are allowed to import a certain amount of seeds for personal use (off the top of my head, I think the amount is 500g, but I can look it up and provide the references if you wish). You do not need a phytosanitary certificate to import seeds into Canada (you do for plants, except under very specific circumstances). There are no duties applied to seeds, but if your order is valued at $20 CAN or more, GST is applicable (if it's a gift, then the amount is $60 or more). The postal clerk or delivery man will collect that at the time of delivery. NOTE: GST is not always charged or collected because it's a pain in the rear to do so, so they often let it slip through without charging you. Practically speaking, many US companies do not ship to Canada. It may be difficult to find the seeds you want at a place that ships to Canada. One thing I have done in the past is to have them sent to a friend or family member in the US and have them forward them on to me (costs the friend or family member postage). It may be simpler to order plants from Richter's, as ianna suggested, they're a Canadian Company and not that bad - I do find them overpriced, but they're often the only place to get what you want. BP

I've ordered one package from Thailand and had no problems here in Texas, but in that package were some extras I ordered for someone in CA who had had their cuttings confiscated. She got hers from me with no problems. It stinks that I had to circumvent the import laws, but they were cuttings only from a reputable seller who had obviously treated them with something--fungicide?--before shipping. James, I sent you an email since my card was returned to me as undeliverable. Hopefully you got the message and my new email address!