Originally posted by Sauron
Everything depends on what the chemicals are and who the people are, and where they are.
The export of ANYTHING is a complex and bothersome affair.
Agencies having jurisdiction include
Commerce Dept.
State Department for anything on the US Munitions List and that includes quite a few chemicals
DEA for QUITE a few more chemicals
DHS for even more chemicals
Customs of course enforces the regulations and laws laid down by the above
ATFE for chemicals deemed to be explosives
Then there are complex regulations regarding chemicals prohibited through the mails, chemicals that cannot be shipped by common carriers, chemicals
that cannot be shipped by air cargo, hazardous materials, and so on.
You would need to know IATA codes, UN numbers, and God knows what else.
In short this is a minefield, and unless you are in the business of shipping chemicals internationally, and equipped to cope with all this red tape,
my advice is DO NOT.
In addition the receipient (addressee) may well need an import license from his own government and furnish it to the shipper BEFORE shipment. Lacking
this the shipper may have the shipment come back at him with consequent additional costs of freight and reimportation.
It's a nightmare and a quagmire.
Things are almost as bad for equipment,. But not quite, yet. I have a lot of lab equipment shipped to me from USA, fortunately my shipper usually
knows what he is doing. |