U.S. Customs fees for taking equipment abroad ??!! need advice thnx!

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Posted by blacknoizybox on May-09-2006 12:35:

U.S. Customs fees for taking equipment abroad ??!! need advice thnx!

my dad is going over to the US in fall, and i was planning to ask him to buy a Dj mixer and bring it over to Kiev. atm im looking forward to an Ecler Nuo 3 which i found at DJdeal.com for 499.00 USD
is it possible to transport that kind of stuff abroad in the US and what could the customs fees be? advice would be very appriciated

Posted by Freak on May-09-2006 13:08:

officially yes you should have to pay import fees when you bring it back to your country.

Unofficially it is pot luck whether you get away with it.

As i posted here before, I managed to get three cdj1000s through as my carry on luggage and back into the uk without paying a penny.

Your govt webpages should have fees on- for the uk it is 10% of total, plus 17.5% of the new total...it varies from country to country

Posted by simms327 on May-09-2006 13:30:

it wont cost you anything to remove it from the US

in fact if you paid tax on it in the US, you should be able to get some of that back by exporting the item.

Posted by Soundwerks on May-09-2006 13:55:

you wont have to pay anything in the US. Only upon importing into your country will you have to pay your country's local fees/taxes/duty....if any

Posted by blacknoizybox on May-09-2006 21:30:

thanks

Posted by jdat on May-10-2006 00:31:

quote:
Originally posted by simms327
it wont cost you anything to remove it from the US

in fact if you paid tax on it in the US, you should be able to get some of that back by exporting the item.

And this actually depends where he is ordering it from!

If he orders it from a company that is out of the state he is in ( let's say the company is in Cali, and he ordering from Texas ) he will have no state tax to pay!

Getting items detaxed when departing a country tends to be a pain in the buttocks and I have been ripped off numerous times by cheap customs not wanting to reimburse me the amount they are supposed to

Posted by Psiweaver on May-11-2006 04:32:

just have him say its a gift and you should be good to go.