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Cam:
Whatever you do make sure she brings "NO" food or wooden items that they can give her a hard time about when she enters, I've seen enough border patrol so see they are extra tough on Asians in NZ.
Neil:
Woah, Cam, elaborate on the wooden items. My dad made a wooden kleenex box for me to bring Nina for Christmas. Am I going to run into issues? Oh, and how about a painting (picture frame and all- original work of my Mom)?
Rhonald:
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Am I going to run into issues?
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No tissues if you run into to issues. Neil you will be going the other direction, enetering into China so maybe not a problem. However the Chinese embassy website might have information on non allowable items for you. I know it is short notice since you will be leaving soon. Oh the headaches of rush planning.
Restricted items
Please put the following items in your checked baggage.
*. Knives (including hunting knives, swords, and pocket knives)
*. Scissors and any other sharp/bladed objects, such as ice-picks, and nail clippers
*. Weapons such as whips, nan-chakus, batons, or stun guns
*. Toys guns/gun shaped items or look-alikes, and handcuffs
*. Sporting equipment such as baseball/cricket bats, golf clubs, hockey sticks, billiard cues
From China air website - so as David said - looks okay for you.
David5o:
Neil,
I think Cam is referring to New Zealand customs control, not to China's... I've taken many wood type items into China over the years, never been any problem to me!!
David
mustfocus:
--- Quote from: 'Neil' pid='26038' dateline='1261337942' ---
Woah, Cam, elaborate on the wooden items. My dad made a wooden kleenex box for me to bring Nina for Christmas. Am I going to run into issues? Oh, and how about a painting (picture frame and all- original work of my Mom)?
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This is usually more meant for unprocessed wood or for industrial wooden products like pallets used in shipping containers. The reason being that many insects get into the wood and once they get to somewhere where they don't have any predators, they start to multiply and can cause problems. Case in point, here in Toronto, we've encountered the Asian Longhorn Beetle. No predators and it's taken out a lot of trees in the last few years. It came over because some larvae were in some wooden pallets (they think).
If you have a wooden picture frame or tissue box, it should be fine, especially if it's been treated chemically (varnished for example).
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