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(...) Here is the message: (URL) that this status only applies to construction toys imported from countries which we have "Normal Trade Relations" (NTR) with (used to be called "Most Favored Nation"). I don't think there are any European countries (...) (25 years ago, 16-Mar-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) That's interesting, because many European countries charge duties on them when I ship them away to people--even quantities as small as DM100 (which should tell you which country it is, ja?). Hmmm...maybe it's time to call Commerce... best (...) (25 years ago, 16-Mar-00, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.market.theory)
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(...) Mark it as "gift" on the customs form to avoid this. Scott A (25 years ago, 16-Mar-00, to lugnet.market.theory)
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(...) Lego is duty-free going INTO the states. Other countries can (and do!) have import regulations and duties of their own. Like Canada, for example. The gov't, if no greater duties apply, slaps a 7% GST to all incoming goods, and a *really* (...) (25 years ago, 16-Mar-00, to lugnet.market.theory)
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(...) Thats OK, I'm fighting with PBB over them charging me 39% duty+GST on my lego!...I got a car from Scott A. (no problem with the car) and now I have the coustoms paperwork following it, and PBB want $45 for Duty fees...like SNOT are they (...) (25 years ago, 16-Mar-00, to lugnet.market.theory)
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James Powell <wx732@freenet.victoria.bc.ca> wrote in message news:FrJAoq.B4u@lugnet.com... (...) have (...) The (...) and a (...) the (...) SNOT are (...) I would have marked it "Lego", and perhaps "Educational Toy". I sold some Shell sets to a (...) (25 years ago, 16-Mar-00, to lugnet.market.theory)
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James Brown <galliard@shades-of-night.com> wrote in message news:FrJ7Iu.LzE@lugnet.com... (...) all (...) them (...) (which (...) call (...) have (...) The (...) and a (...) but (...) carrying (...) I should have been clearer. The alternative is to (...) (25 years ago, 16-Mar-00, to lugnet.market.theory)
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(...) Ah, I see what you're getting at. Actually, if you're refering to the little green forms I get for international shipments, don't check anything. It is neither a gift or merchandise (usually), so neither gets checked. James (URL) getting paid (...) (25 years ago, 16-Mar-00, to lugnet.market.theory)
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(...) I always mark "gift," in part because I'm not incorporated as a business. I did in this case, and the Germans felt obliged to levy a tariff--I was buying as a proxy to get things unavailable, which I feel is a gift as an act. (...) This is a (...) (25 years ago, 17-Mar-00, to lugnet.market.theory)
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(...) Odd. The one I have says "IF the package contains..." (emphasis mine), which certainly implies that nothing has to be checked off, and I've only ever checked them when they apply (I have sent the occaisional gift). James (URL) getting paid for (...) (25 years ago, 17-Mar-00, to lugnet.market.theory)
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