[Discussion] jurisdiction is doing more work than we give it credit for
jurisdiction is doing more work than we give it credit for, which sounds obvious until you try to state the evidence for it. Kept every document including the dull ones. When a process started, having the dates in order made it short. The order to do things in when something is held, which is not what most people do.…
Is this a hold, a request for information, or a seizure notice?
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Correcting myself upthread: the guidance I quoted was superseded last year.
Import rules are national and they distinguish between personal and commercial import, with different thresholds, documentation and consequences. A general answer is almost always wrong somewhere.
Agreed on asking what documentation accompanies a shipment. Suppliers who ship regionally usually have a clear answer.
Got a request for information and treated it as a seizure for two days before actually reading it. It was neither dramatic nor difficult.
The rules where I live changed between two orders six months apart. Nothing was announced; I found out by reading.
Declared value and product description are chosen by the shipper. Asking what they use is a legitimate pre-order question and the answer tells you how routine this is for them.