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Re: US Customs Duties on Lego Shipments from Europe?
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lugnet.market.theory
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Thu, 16 Mar 2000 19:29:23 GMT
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In lugnet.market.theory, Lindsay Frederick Braun writes:
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> Frank Filz wrote:
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> > Larry Pieniazek wrote:
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> > > Lego is a duty free item in whatever quantity. If they try to collect
> > > customs or duties, fight it. You'll do better if you dig up the
> > > reference, posted here on LUGNET at some time in the past, to the US
> > > customs web site which clearly shows that Lego is duty free, as are all
> > > other plastic construction toys.
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> > Here is the message:
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> > http://www.lugnet.com/market/theory/?n=176
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> > Note 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 that don't have NTR status.
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> > It's nice that they changed their terminology. "Most Favored Nation"
> > sounded pretty silly when most countries had it.
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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...
Mark it as "gift" on the customs form to avoid this.
Scott A
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