I'd love to know your steps. In the past, before any permit to bring in seeds, I would go to the Philippines, put my seeds in little bags, then on customs, my family would label "seed packets", they would usher us to the inspection area, open our bags, then let them inspect. Most of the time they let them through, though sometimes they would want to "appear working" in my opinion, and confiscate what were clearly farmer's packets, sealed better than a burpee envelope. Packets there are similar to the kind Europeans sell, a coated aluminum package. Like the kind Leroy Merlin sell in Spain. Anyway other than that, they were more concerned about bringing in cured meat, and let most of our seeds through.
This woman was confusing. She insisted the small lots seeds was for mailing for the species I wanted "Nepehelium spp, Lansium spp, and, Garcinia Mangostana". She may have been confused because my permit included importation of plants ... the conversation went on and on, because she insisted my post entry plants would need ppq 546, I told her my intention was to import via baggage, she said I don't want postentry plants then and that my port of entry needed a station, but that I was only allowed 12 admissable plants ... the woman was short tempered by then, and I didn't press the matter told her thanks and hung up.
