Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/10/12
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Not entirely true, depends on the exact type of gear: http://www.usitc.gov/publications/docs/tata/hts/bychapter/1002c90.pdf Of course, whether the carrier bothers to collect it is another matter. Cheers, Nathan Nathan Wajsman Alicante, Spain http://www.frozenlight.eu http://www.greatpix.eu http://www.nathanfoto.com PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws Blog: http://www.fotocycle.dk/blog YNWA On Oct 12, 2010, at 11:07 PM, Chris Crawford wrote: > You're wrong, Nathan. The US charges no duties on photo gear. Its listed in > the US Customs website. There are a lot of things the US govt. does not > charge import duty on. The WTO regulates maximum tariffs but does not > prohibit states from allowing free imports. > > > -- > Chris Crawford > Fine Art Photography > Fort Wayne, Indiana > 260-486-2581 > > http://www.chriscrawfordphoto.com My portfolio > > http://blog.chriscrawfordphoto.com My latest work! > > http://www.facebook.com/pages/Christopher-Crawford/48229272798 > Become a fan on Facebook > > > > On 10/12/10 4:34 PM, "Nathan Wajsman" <photo at frozenlight.eu> wrote: > >> Rubbish. There are duties agreed in the WTO, but quite low. Something in >> the >> order of 3-4% on cameras and nothing on lenses, or the other way around, I >> don't remember. When we Europeans receive a shipment from outside the EU, >> the >> expensive part is not the customs duty but the VAT which is around 20% in >> most >> countries. But Tina does not face this problem in the US, since there is >> no >> federal VAT, and the state sales tax is based on her voluntarily >> declaring her >> purchase to her state tax authorities, something which I bet is easy to >> forget >> ;-) >> >> Cheers, >> Nathan >> >> Nathan Wajsman >> Alicante, Spain >> http://www.frozenlight.eu >> http://www.greatpix.eu >> http://www.nathanfoto.com >> PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws >> Blog: http://www.fotocycle.dk/blog >> >> YNWA >> >> >> >> >> >> On Oct 12, 2010, at 9:21 PM, Chris Crawford wrote: >> >>> There are NO customs duties on photo gear in the US. >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Chris Crawford >>> Fine Art Photography >>> Fort Wayne, Indiana >>> 260-486-2581 >>> >>> http://www.chriscrawfordphoto.com My portfolio >>> >>> http://blog.chriscrawfordphoto.com My latest work! >>> >>> http://www.facebook.com/pages/Christopher-Crawford/48229272798 >>> Become a fan on Facebook >>> >>> >>> >>> 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 >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> Tina Manley, ASMP >>>>> www.tinamanley >>>>> >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> Leica Users Group. >>>>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Leica Users Group. >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >