Originally Posted by
DanJ
I'm not sure how "goods to follow" would work in these situations where it's actually "people to follow". At least with the goods following, you show up at the airport and declare $300 of stuff with you, and another $450 is on order and will be shipped at a later date.
But if you ship $750 of stuff ahead and claim that as your allowance, what stops someone from also showing up at customs and declaring the $750 of stuff they have on them as their allowance?
"goods to follow" mean exactly that. You are declaring good that are to follow after your declaration.
One cannot ship stuff ahead of time and use the goods to follow declaration method.
There are custom brokers who specialize in these regulations and can advise as to the best method/timing and the proceeding and classification to make the declaration under to minimize your duty exposure.