Canadian Shipping: Anything New?

Is anyone familiar with current Canadian import regulations? I have a customer interested in one of our Brazilian Rainbow babies (I believe the species is still CITES), but traditional importation costs make it impractical.

I see two options:

One, have the customer research the rules for single pet purchases physically picked and driven across the border by the new owner (though fully declared to customs, of course). I saw two older threads dealing with this:
A) http://www.faunaclassifieds.com/foru...ghlight=canada
B) http://www.faunaclassifieds.com/foru...ghlight=canada
Are these rules still applicable?

Two, try assembling a larger common order that reduces the usually prohibitive costs to a more reasonable average per person, then have the animals distributed after they arrive. I know firms such Reptile Express offer formal versions of this, but suspect a private importer could work a better deal.

Any thoughts?

Many thanks,

We can't help with imports or exports directly, but we have always used export brokers for these types of shipments.

I highly recommend Dynasty Reptiles and BallRoom Pythons South for any export shipments, including to Canada.

Originally Posted by Snakesitter

Is anyone familiar with current Canadian import regulations? I have a customer interested in one of our Brazilian Rainbow babies (I believe the species is still CITES), but traditional importation costs make it impractical.

I see two options:

One, have the customer research the rules for single pet purchases physically picked and driven across the border by the new owner (though fully declared to customs, of course). I saw two older threads dealing with this:
A) http://www.faunaclassifieds.com/foru...ghlight=canada
B) http://www.faunaclassifieds.com/foru...ghlight=canada
Are these rules still applicable?

Two, try assembling a larger common order that reduces the usually prohibitive costs to a more reasonable average per person, then have the animals distributed after they arrive. I know firms such Reptile Express offer formal versions of this, but suspect a private importer could work a better deal.

Any thoughts?

Many thanks,

Contact sam at reptile express in Canada.He'll know all the answers you need about shipping to Canada.