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Importing and customs fees

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Wel as a fully separate project from my CBB reptiles, I was thinking of starting a WC breeding project to see what pops up. (Would even be done in a fully separate room.) In order to buy from wholesalers or what not over seas, do I need an importers licence? What does that entail and how do I do that? Also what abouts does customs/shipping run from those kinds of places?
 
I assume you're talking mainly about BPs, since it looks like that's what you're working with. As I understand it, it can be tricky to set up reliable connections in Africa. If you really want to work with WC animals, why not buy them once they're in the country? Let someone else take on the risk and expense of importing.

As far as what you need to import, I know you would need a CITES permit. I'm not sure what else you would need. Hopefully other people will have more info for you.
 
Are they're brokers or something that do sell them cheap in the us? What I'm interested in is what my friend calls "unopened bags" or mixed bags that could contain new or already known morphs in them. And yes, I'm mainly interested in ball pythons.
 
There are some people who sell unopened bags in the spring, once they start coming in. I would check with Michael Cole or Neil Golli. They both sell a lot of CH babies and I'm pretty sure one of them sold unopened bags. Michael's site is www.ballroompythonssouth.com and Neil's site is www.gollireptiles.com . I've dealt with both of them in the past and they're both excellent to work with.

Hope this helps,
Shelly
 
Yeah, I know Michael does it in april, but I was hoping someone did it sooner then that. I'll check out Neils site when I get home. Thanks a lot
 
You probably won't find anyone selling unopened bags until spring. They're not going to be available year round. They only come in when the eggs start hatching in Africa, which is usually in April/May (they don't hatch them year round like we do here). You can still find older, established CH babies available now, but they all came into the US during the same few months in the spring.

Hope this helps,
Shell
 
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