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c/customs·posted 10 months ago by u/ismael_varga

help me understand seizure, I have read the wiki twice

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Trying to get a straight answer on this: help me understand seizure, I have read the wiki twice.

Where a supplier holds regional stock, the shipment is domestic and there is no import event at all. That is the structural fix rather than a workaround.

Declared value and product description are chosen by the shipper. Asking what they use is a legitimate pre-order question and the answer tells you how routine this is for them.

Total transit includes a clearance stage that is not under the carrier’s control. Separating clearance time from carrier time is the first step in diagnosing any delay.

Ask me anything specific. Anything general I will probably get wrong.

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u/elin_tamm28 points·10 months ago

A hold, a request for information and a seizure are distinct administrative events. Each has its own process and deadlines, and the notice itself states which one you have.

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u/peptidemeter_pat10 points·9 months ago

Asked somebody qualified locally rather than relying on this board. Best forty minutes I have spent on the topic.

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u/ismael_vargaOP33 points·9 months ago

Correction: that is a request for information, not a seizure notice. Different document, different process, different deadline.

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u/throwaway_918223 points·9 months ago

A hold, a request for information and a seizure are distinct administrative events.

elin_tamm is right that regional stock is the structural answer rather than a trick.

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u/renzo_asante12 points·10 months ago

Shipped from regional stock or from origin?

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u/ferran_batista3 points·10 months ago

jurisdiction first, everything else is downstream

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u/anya_salgado8 points·10 months ago

Is this a hold, a request for information, or a seizure notice?

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u/ines_lindqvist-10 points·9 months ago

if it matters, ask somebody qualified in your own jurisdiction

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u/peptidemeter_pat10 points·9 months ago

Got a request for information and treated it as a seizure for two days before actually reading it. It was neither dramatic nor difficult.

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