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Re: US Customs Duties on Lego Shipments from Europe?
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Date: 
Thu, 16 Mar 2000 19:29:23 GMT
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In lugnet.market.theory, Lindsay Frederick Braun writes:


Frank Filz wrote:

Larry Pieniazek wrote:

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.

Here is the message:

http://www.lugnet.com/market/theory/?n=176

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.

It's nice that they changed their terminology. "Most Favored Nation"
sounded pretty silly when most countries had it.

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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  Re: US Customs Duties on Lego Shipments from Europe?
 
(...) 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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  Re: US Customs Duties on Lego Shipments from Europe?
 
(...) 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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