you guys are lucky import duties in Brazil is an astouding 60% (SIXTY!)
luckily customs is pretty lax at airports... On Fri, Sep 19, 2008 at 7:05 PM, Colin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The opposite way around is expensive. > When considering a HG from Olympic, I contacted the UK customs office (they > had no idea what a HG was) and they decided it was a violin for duty > purposes (they had a list of "known" instruments and try and match others to > it and it was either that or a "mechanical music" item which really meant a > barrel organ or music box) and the duty was around 17.5% plus a long series > of other charges for the paperwork etc which, even with the good exchange > rate, made too expensive. > I got mine from Germany and, as we are both in the EU, I didn't have to pay > anything else. > Of course, often they can't be bothered to charge. > I've never paid anything on CDs and DVDs although there is a charge shown > on the package! > Colin Hill > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Greg Lindahl" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Friday, September 19, 2008 10:33 PM > Subject: Re: [HG] Import duties on instruments coming into the U.S. > > > > On Fri, Sep 19, 2008 at 02:24:51PM -0700, Connolly, James wrote: >> >> Perhaps another way of asking is if your U.S. customers ever end up >>> paying import duties on what you send them. Any advice would be welcome. >>> >> >> I've purchased several musical instruments from overseas, and they >> were labeled as such with a $$ value attached, and I've never had to >> pay a duty. >> >> Big companies generally use a shipping service, which handles paying >> the duty. Our postal service isn't really set up to collect duties >> from the recipient, unlike some other countries. So a commercial >> shipment without a duty payment will be held in limbo until it's paid. >> And they can't afford to do that for small items. >> >> -- greg >> >> >> >> > >
