customs declaration for shipping household contents
Jan 26th 2004, 4:35 pm
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customs declaration for shipping household contents
Hello all, quick question for you, the company we are using to ship our household items over to the USA have sent us a customs declaration form. Does anybody know if we state that we have CD's and DVD's amongst the items, we will be charged duty on them? My hubby seems to think we will, but surely if they are with other packages containing pans, clothes and photo albums it'd be obvious they weren't for sale?!
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Jan 26th 2004, 7:31 pm
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Re: customs declaration for shipping household contents
Originally posted by crazi_daizi
Hello all, quick question for you, the company we are using to ship our household items over to the USA have sent us a customs declaration form. Does anybody know if we state that we have CD's and DVD's amongst the items, we will be charged duty on them? My hubby seems to think we will, but surely if they are with other packages containing pans, clothes and photo albums it'd be obvious they weren't for sale?!
Ta
Hello all, quick question for you, the company we are using to ship our household items over to the USA have sent us a customs declaration form. Does anybody know if we state that we have CD's and DVD's amongst the items, we will be charged duty on them? My hubby seems to think we will, but surely if they are with other packages containing pans, clothes and photo albums it'd be obvious they weren't for sale?!
Ta
you shouldn't get charged duty on these kinds of personal belongings, unless they're still wrapped in cellophane and you've got multiple copies of dozens of them. As long as you are importing them for personal use, not resale, you should be fine.
Jan 26th 2004, 9:07 pm
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Re: customs declaration for shipping household contents
Originally posted by crazi_daizi
.... My hubby seems to think we will, but surely if they are with other packages containing pans, clothes and photo albums it'd be obvious they weren't for sale?!
.... My hubby seems to think we will, but surely if they are with other packages containing pans, clothes and photo albums it'd be obvious they weren't for sale?!
Jan 26th 2004, 10:18 pm
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Re: customs declaration for shipping household contents
Originally posted by Pulaski
In theory anything that you have owned for less than six months is dutiable, but in practice, like Dunroving said, if anything has been unwrapped and has been "used", no duty is payable.
In theory anything that you have owned for less than six months is dutiable, but in practice, like Dunroving said, if anything has been unwrapped and has been "used", no duty is payable.
Silly if you ask me. Are we supposed not to shop in the year preceeding immigration to the US?
Jan 27th 2004, 12:12 am
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As they're for your own use, no you shouldn't be charged. Just don't have them all in the shrink wrap. I shipped hundreds of Cd's with me when I came over, and didn't get charged a bean, despite writing them on the declaration.
Incidentally, It's not necessary to write down each individual CD, just write "100 Compact Discs" or something like that...
Which shipping firm are you using?
Incidentally, It's not necessary to write down each individual CD, just write "100 Compact Discs" or something like that...
Which shipping firm are you using?
Jan 29th 2004, 1:32 pm
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Whenever I order DVDs from America to the UK, I never get charged. The customs sticker just reads "Optical Media", would that work?
