Customs, duty free for shipping personal effects

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Nov 3rd 2005, 9:15 am

fad_shen

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Customs, duty free for shipping personal effects

Dear All,

Can anybody tell me what are the customs regulations regarding shipping your personal effects, cloths and household items to USA. Do I have to pay duty .. is there any personal allowance?

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Fady

Nov 3rd 2005, 1:25 pm

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Re: Customs, duty free for shipping personal effects

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There's no duty for personal effects. Same thing on the way home (though there are some time constraints - you can't buy a car just before you're leaving and ship it home duty-free, for example).

Nov 3rd 2005, 2:16 pm

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Re: Customs, duty free for shipping personal effects

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At the time I emigrated (2002), no duty is charged on personal effects brought over that were over 6 months old. This may have changed. Please check the US Customs website.

Nov 3rd 2005, 2:59 pm

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Re: Customs, duty free for shipping personal effects

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At the time I emigrated (2002), no duty is charged on personal effects brought over that were over 6 months old. This may have changed. Please check the US Customs website.

They now need to be over one year old. I think you may need to have receipts for anything that is over 1 year old but looks new.

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Nov 3rd 2005, 3:08 pm

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Re: Customs, duty free for shipping personal effects

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Originally Posted by Schnorbitz

They now need to be over one year old. I think you may need to have receipts for anything that is over 1 year old but looks new.

The attached document may be of use

yep thats what we were told by our shipping company although we shiped a brand new three piece suite and a cabinet still in its box un-assembled and no-one questioned it..