Hand carry soft coral into singapore

[zephyros]

yos,

FYI if u r interested .. I've gotten this reply from AVA.

As  a  traveller,  you  may  hand  carry  into  Singapore  without  import

permits/licences,  not  more than 5 kg soft corals for personal use.

Interesting thing to note is whether 5kg include water or not

cheers

[cdckjn]

It would be great if you can include the content of the whole email by AVA so that we can quote this reference the next time we intend to bring in soft coral from overseas. Thanks.

[AlfaRomeo]

Here you go:

http://www.ava.gov.sg/javascript/bring%20o...0singapore.HTML

Above is a webpage from AVA that states what you can bring in personally without permits

Hope That Helps

[somebody]

wah... okok =) can i ask another qn, where are you guys going to get these soft corals? are they cheaper out of sg? nicer? where? =)

sorry ah...

[zephyros]

the link provided by AlfaRomeo is good. thanks!

[framerunner]

Actually i am wondering if the people performing checks are trained to id the corals from hard to soft corals?

[ozy]

I heard the customs officers have to attend a 3 day course in identifying live stocks.

[Flame-Tail]

The list states that you can bring in clams but I have heard ppl being fined quite a huge sum of money for bringing in just one or 2 clams.

So dunno which is true..

I think best to check with ava.

[tineng]

The list states that you can bring in clams but I have heard ppl being fined quite a huge sum of money for bringing in just one or 2 clams.

So dunno which is true..

I think best to check with ava.

it says, "Require CITES import & export permits"....so does that means it doesn't require licences from AVA but still required CITES permits????

[Flame-Tail]

it says, "Require CITES import & export permits"....so does that means it doesn't require licences from AVA but still required CITES permits????

Oh ya That's right.. But I guess the softies are safe to bring back then.

[FuEl]

They stated 5 pc of soft corals not exceeding 5kg. Does this include water? Does it mean 5 pc of rocks on which the corals are attached or 5 pc of frags? It's so ambiguous..anyone can twist such guidelines to their own advantage. If bringing in ric florida/U.S zoanthids just pack as many as you want, keep them moist and stay within the 5kg limit. You will be a rich man..even possibly covering the cost of your air ticket.

Customs officers are usually not well-trained to identify livestock. If coelacanths were the size of clownfish they could very well be declared as groupers and I suppose no one would question you.

[Copperband]

are we allowed to bring in acropora frags/colonies??

[YzF]

those are hard corals leh..

[bawater]

They stated 5 pc of soft corals not exceeding 5kg. Does this include water? Does it mean 5 pc of rocks on which the corals are attached or 5 pc of frags? It's so ambiguous..anyone can twist such guidelines to their own advantage. If bringing in ric florida/U.S zoanthids just pack as many as you want, keep them moist and stay within the 5kg limit. You will be a rich man..even possibly covering the cost of your air ticket. 

Its either 5 pieces(no bigger than your palm) not weighing more than 5kg in total, water included- they count bag weight.

so its 1 coral rock piece per 1 litre of water if packed separately.

1 litre will allow you a flight time of 20-24hrs which is from anywhere in the world to SG(hand carry).

dude! if you could breed coelacanths you'd be plastered on National Geographic's magazine front page and offered funding left,right & center.

copperband - soft coral = No sps or anything hard with a skeleton because during shipping & travel - even LPS shrink to reveal the skeleton.

Flame-tail - clams are under the cities table(in ava guidelines & on the website)

only below the clams are the non-cities.

You need a commercial licence to get a cities cert.

[newmarine]

Hi, is sun coral ok? Cos may be going HK and heard that their sun coral is very nice and cheap.

[cityofangels]

I hope this news doesn't instill reefers into foraging oversea reefs for live stock to bring back to SG. I know it may be tempting to simply pluck them from the waters. Nice to see, nice to touch, however, please keep them in the wild!

[Flame-Tail]

I hope this news doesn't instill reefers into foraging oversea reefs for live stock to bring back to SG. I know it may be tempting to simply pluck them from the waters. Nice to see, nice to touch, however, please keep them in the wild!

True I agree.. But by right should only see and not touch.. But then itchy fingers then cannot blame..