[nickbraddock]

Hi,
has anyone actually taken wicker things with them??? If so, do you have to declare it and did it get inspected?

My wife is worrying as we seem to have a million wicker basckets/wreaths/ornaments etc and she was wanting to take them if poss :wah
Thanks
Nick :nice1

[markkellaway]

Nick,

We have some "Lloyd Loom" (sp?) furniture that we are taking, shippers have said it's fine. :nice1 Not sure if this is because it's painted though.

I'm assuming it will be the same for Wicker.

Mark. :P

[neilw71]

Just be prepared to pay $$ to get MAF to fumigate it for you. We decided to ditch ours and not have the hassle.
Neil

[RoadRunner]

I thought they only fumigated it IF they saw little critters running around???

[neilw71]

Well I'm certainly no expert - but when I went to the Crown office last week to sort out all the forms, they asked if we had any and said if we did, MAF would want to fumigate. Now I may have mis-understood what she said, so please don't take my word for it! Maybe an email to MAF is safest?

Neil

[eric_amanda]

We bought it in last month. Our shipping Co was Crown. We told them it was in the hsipment, but as it was not on the itinerary did not know which package it was in. It was inspectd and let in no probs.

Don't just ditch this stuff. It is expensive to replace. Best to try bring it in. If they want to fumigate when it arrives you can make the decision then, and they can just confiscate it if you cannot afford to fumigate. In most cases fumigation is not necessary.

Amanda

[Moorf]

http://www.emigratenz.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=1772&highlight=wicker

Some info on this thread.

[Diny]

If anybody is shipping Lloyd Loom furniture (Mark - I'm sure you already know this), it may be a good idea to point out that some of the older styles (and the new too maybe, I'm not sure) are actually not wicker. They are made from paper !!! Strips of thin wire with paper wrapped very tightly around them. Looks like wicker, feels like wicker ..... but it ain't wicker.

My Lloyd Loom chair was noted by the shipping agent simply as a 'bedroom chair'. It may or may not get inspected the other end, but I wonder whether the MAF person will look at it and think 'wicker'.

Just thought this may help and prevent some un-necessary 'throwing out'.

(Apologies if I'm teaching 'granny to suck eggs' here).

Diny

[jan]

Our friends recieved their shipping load in Christchurch a couple of weeks ago. She has a couple of wicker chaise longe (spelt right?) from her previous conservatory.
The container arrived at their home and they were instructed, by MAF, to put these items to one side, DO NOT TOUCH THEM. A co. then came along took them away to MAF where they were steam cleaned then promptly returned.

Sorry I don't know of the cost.

Jan xx

[Moorf]

The MAF site is pretty comprehensive : http://www.maf.govt.nz/quarantine/

[markkellaway]

Hi Diny,

You are definitely not teaching your grandmother to suck eggs (in fact, I can honestly say I have never sucked an egg! :eek ). I had no idea that Lloyd Loom could be produced with man made materials, maybe that is why the guy didn't worry.

Another note, our shippers (2 quotes so far) implied that MAF didn't charge a huge amount even if things needed fumigating, has anyone got some real costs for this?

Mark. :P

[Raeven]

Hi, Nick,

I posted on this topic so many times I can practically do it in my sleep, but when I went to refer you to previous posts, which were on the 'old' forum, I find it has... well... disappeared. :exit

Ah, well.

In answer to your wicker question, first off, pay no attention to what the various shipping agents tell you. You will get as many different answers from them as shippers you ask. When we were looking into moving over, we were told so many different (incorrect) things that we finally went to the horse's mouth, so to speak, and wrote directly to MAF. They replied to all my detailed questions about herbs, spices, Christmas decorations, wicker, decorative flowers, bicycles, camping equipment, etc.

Basically, it all boils down to their concerns over importing viable seeds and little critters. I was told to wipe down the wicker with a cloth and visually inspect it for insect damage. This applies to items made of wood as well, and most people don't leave their wooden furniture behind! That's as much as MAF is going to do -- visually inspect it for varmints. I have spoken with so many people who made the move and felt stupid for leaving their worrisome items behind... MAF never even looked at the stuff.

The two things I recall MAF will absolutely NOT let into the country are honey and egg products. Oh, and of course fresh produce items.

Most anything else, while subject to inspection and treatment to render it sterile, can and is brought in. That said, it is entirely dependent on which MAF inspector you draw and there are always those people for whom a little power goes a long way, eh? I say bring it all, declare everything, make sure it is scrupulously clean and don't worry about it. :yes

Hope this helps!

All the best, Rae