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Subject: [Leica] Shipment from Overseas
From: chris at chriscrawfordphoto.com (Chris Crawford)
Date: Tue, 12 Oct 2010 15:21:11 -0400

There are NO customs duties on photo gear in the US.


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On 10/12/10 3:12 PM, "Richard Man" <richard at imagecraft.com> wrote:

> US Custom is relatively low. I don't know the exact rates but I have never
> gotten levy of more than $100, even on packages that are worth $10K or more
> (this is for business stuff, not camera equipments :-) ).
> 
> On Tue, Oct 12, 2010 at 12:07 PM, Tina Manley <images at comporium.net> 
> wrote:
> 
>> LUG -
>> 
>> Arne is getting ready to ship my DMR and R9 using my FedEx account.  How 
>> is
>> customs handled in a case like this?  Does FedEx handle getting the 
>> package
>> through customs?  Can you get around paying customs duty by saying it's a
>> gift?  Not that I want to cheat the government or anything, but they get
>> enough of my money now!!
>> 
>> Tina
>> 
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