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c/customs·submitted 4 months ago by u/cesar_ivaturi

unpopular opinion: most of what gets said here about import is guesswork

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unpopular opinion: most of what gets said here about import is guesswork. Change my mind, genuinely — I have no stake in being right about this. Research-use-only labelling is a description of intended use, not a customs classification. It does not by itself determine how anything is treated at a border. Total…

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u/baseline_drifteranalytical27 points·4 months ago·edited

Not convinced. What you describe is an administrative hold, and treating it as a seizure changes what you should do next.

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u/border_paperworkMOD19 points·4 months ago·edited

Left up. It names both countries and quotes the notice, which is exactly what makes these threads useful.

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u/cesar_ivaturiOP12 points·4 months ago

a seizure notice is a document with a process attached, read it

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u/cold_chromatogram316 points·4 months ago

a seizure notice is a document with a process attached, read it

Disagreeing with this line: that is the position in a different country and it does not transfer.

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u/nadia_trevino2 points·4 months ago·edited

Disagreeing with this line: that is the position in a different country and it does not transfer.

cold_chromatogram31 is right that regional stock is the structural answer rather than a trick.

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u/chidi_abubakar2 points·4 months ago

declared value and description are the shipper’s decisions, ask what they use

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u/ignacio_vanhecke-8 points·4 months ago

the answer for New Zealand does not apply anywhere else

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u/lane_watchermod · logistics1 point·4 months ago

cold_chromatogram31 is right that regional stock is the structural answer rather than a trick.

This is why every thread here has to start with a country.

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