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Old Mar 15, 2004 | 2:43 pm
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Bringing vanilla beans into the US

We may be stopping on Martinique in May, and I might want to pick up some vanilla beans from one of their markets. Anyone have any personal experience as to whether the USDA will allow import of the beans? I know I have to declare them even if they are allowed.

I can't find anything specific on the gov's website, and they seemed to imply that bringing spices from Grenada will result in confiscation, but I think that was in the context of not declaring ag product. When I declared them, they looked 'em over and waved me through.
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Old Mar 15, 2004 | 3:32 pm
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We brought in a moderate quantity from Turkey. They arroused no interest whatever.
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Old Mar 15, 2004 | 6:21 pm
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Brought some of those and other whole spices back from Grenada. Declared through customs, no problemo.
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Old Mar 16, 2004 | 5:57 pm
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My sister brought back vanilla beans from Martinique as a gift for me; I assume she declared them in customs and passed go, though we did not discuss the details.
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