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c/customs·posted 2 years ago by u/marit_laurent

someone explain customs to me like I have not read a paper in years

Seizure Cold Box ×9 Slow Clap ×1

Asking properly rather than in a comment on somebody else’s thread: someone explain customs to me like I have not read a paper in years.

Asked the supplier what documentation travels with the shipment and got a straight answer. That was reassuring in itself.

Posted a question here with my address in the screenshot. A mod removed it within minutes, which I appreciated.

Kept every document including the dull ones. When a process started, having the dates in order made it short.

Would rather be corrected in public than confident in private.

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u/renzo_yildiz349 points·2 years ago

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.

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u/customs_seizure_sidMOD176 points·2 years ago

Left up. It names both countries and quotes the notice, which is exactly what makes these threads useful.

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u/erez_yilmaz144 points·2 years ago

if it matters, ask somebody qualified in your own jurisdiction

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u/tb500_tangent184 points·2 years ago

if it matters, ask somebody qualified in your own jurisdiction

Adding the standing caveat — nothing here is legal advice and this one genuinely warrants somebody qualified.

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u/graph_it_gary209 points·2 years ago

nothing in this board is legal advice

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u/arto_fonseca73 points·2 years ago

nothing in this board is legal advice

Agreed — read the notice before deciding what has happened. Most of the panic here is misclassification.

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u/marit_laurentOP185 points·2 years ago·edited

Have you asked the supplier what they declare?

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u/marit_laurentOP111 points·2 years ago·edited

Is there a deadline on the notice?

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[removed]80 points·2 years ago

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u/milos_vestergaard231 points·2 years ago·edited

Nothing on this board is legal advice. Where a notice carries a deadline or a consequence, that is a matter for somebody qualified in your own jurisdiction.

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What happens at the border: personal-import allowances, seizure letters, declared value, research-use documentation and why it is not a magic word, and the enormous variation between jurisdictions that makes most internet advice on this topic worthless.

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