why does nobody talk about declared value
Genuine question, and the title is the question: why does nobody talk about declared value.
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.
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.
Import rules are national and they distinguish between personal and commercial import, with different thresholds, documentation and consequences. A general answer is almost always wrong somewhere.
Corrections welcome, especially the pedantic ones. Pedantry is how this board earns its reputation.
best — the order this archive was captured in
Why this board insists on a country in the title.
Import rules are national. Personal and commercial import are treated differently, thresholds and documentation vary, and the rules change — several members here have had the position change between two orders six months apart, with no announcement.
The result is that a confident answer from somebody in a different jurisdiction is not merely unhelpful, it is actively misleading, and it gets quoted back for years. Say where you are and where it shipped from. Everything useful in this board follows from those two facts, and nothing useful precedes them.
Address redacted from the screenshot above. Post the wording of the notice, never the header.
the rules differ between neighbouring countries and change by year
Yes — a hold and a seizure are different events with different processes, and this board mixes them weekly.
jurisdiction first, everything else is downstream
Agreed. Jurisdiction is the whole answer here and threads that skip it produce confidently wrong advice.
research-use-only labelling is not a customs category
Research-use-only labelling is a description of intended use, not a customs classification. It does not by itself determine how anything is treated at a border.
a hold is not a seizure and people conflate them constantly
The rules where I live changed between two orders six months apart. Nothing was announced; I found out by reading.
most delays are administrative rather than substantive
if it matters, ask somebody qualified in your own jurisdiction
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