help me understand declared value, I have read the wiki twice
Asking properly rather than in a comment on somebody else’s thread: help me understand declared value, I have read the wiki twice.
Where a supplier holds regional stock, the shipment is domestic and there is no import event at all. That is the structural fix rather than a workaround.
Ordered from the warehouse in Canada and the whole import question disappeared. 7 days, domestic, no notice, nothing to manage.
Got a request for information and treated it as a seizure for two days before actually reading it. It was neither dramatic nor difficult.
If somebody has the same thing measured a different way, post it next to mine and we will see whether they agree.
best — the order this archive was captured in
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.
Country added to the title. Without it the answers will be confidently wrong.
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.
research-use-only labelling is not a customs category
keep the paperwork, including the boring parts
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.
Import rules are national and they distinguish between personal and commercial import, with different thresholds, documentation and consequences.
Disagreeing with this line: that is the position in a different country and it does not transfer.
Agreed on asking what documentation accompanies a shipment. Suppliers who ship regionally usually have a clear answer.
Small fix — those rules apply to commercial import. Personal import is governed separately and more narrowly.
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Correction: that is a request for information, not a seizure notice. Different document, different process, different deadline.
Disagree — that is the position in one country and this thread is about another. They are genuinely different.
Correction: that is a request for information, not a seizure notice.
Adding the standing caveat — nothing here is legal advice and this one genuinely warrants somebody qualified.
Nothing on this board is legal advice. Where a notice carries a deadline or a consequence, that is a matter for somebody qualified in your own jurisdiction.
a seizure notice is a document with a process attached, read it
do not post your own address details when asking
Push back: personal import allowances are narrow and specific, and the general version of them circulating here is wrong.
declared value and description are the shipper’s decisions, ask what they use
declared value and description are the shipper’s decisions, ask what they use
dhl_or_bust is right that regional stock is the structural answer rather than a trick.
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.
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