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Subject: 
Re: Shipping LEGO from EU to USA
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lugnet.market.theory, lugnet.market.shipping
Date: 
Fri, 4 May 2001 00:15:44 GMT
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In lugnet.market.theory, Eric McCarthy wrote:

Mr L F Braun wrote:

So, in short, does anyone have information about how to
send LEGO without paying a major duty?  Emmanuel, maybe?
Help!

To which Eric McCarthy replied:
Start at
http://news.lugnet.com/market/shipping/?n=265
and follow the link to
http://news.lugnet.com/market/theory/?n=176
and then to
http://dataweb.usitc.gov/scripts/tariff2001.asp
and enter "construction sets" or "95033000".


Okay, I'm still confused.  I ordered some stuff last year from Emmanuel
and I noticed on the shipping invoice (receipt, whatever, the piece of
paper on the box) that something was added.  I don't remember whether
it was VAT or duty or something else, but it was marked in French
francs like the rest of the items.  I'll look it up when I get home...
Any chance this is something I didn't have to pay?

--
Susan Hoover
Houston, TX, USA



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  Re: Shipping LEGO from EU to USA
 
(...) Duty is charged you at the point of pickup. You'd get a slip saying that you have a package waiting at the post office on which tariff or duty is owed, you'd go to the PO, and pay the duty. LEGO is duty-free, and I'm going to try darn hard to (...) (24 years ago, 4-May-01, to lugnet.market.theory, lugnet.market.shipping)

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  Re: Shipping LEGO from EU to USA
 
Start at (URL) follow the link to (URL) then to (URL) enter "construction sets" or "95033000". (...) (24 years ago, 3-May-01, to lugnet.market.theory, lugnet.market.shipping)

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