[Discussion] can we stop arguing about customs until somebody posts a number

can we stop arguing about customs until somebody posts a number — that is what I am asking, and I have already read the wiki twice.

Why this board insists on a country in the title.

Import rules are national. Personal and commercial import are treated differently, thresholds and documentation vary, and the rules change — several members here have had the position change between two orders six months apart, with no announcement.

The result is that a confident answer from somebody in a different jurisdiction is not merely unhelpful, it is actively misleading, and it gets quoted back for years. Say where you are and where it shipped from. Everything useful in this board follows from those two facts, and nothing useful precedes them.

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.

A hold, a request for information and a seizure are distinct administrative events. Each has its own process and deadlines, and the notice itself states which one you have.

If two or three other people have done the same thing we might actually learn something. Alone it is an anecdote.