Originally Posted by
GUWonder
Clothing imports of various -- but not all sorts -- may be subject to duty; but such duty-due clothes once worn are unlikely to have a high enough value to be worth CBP time to determine and collect the duty. You are supposed to declare the purchases; and then CBP can determine (or try to determine) under what conditions duty is due and what the duty is on such items. The rules for duty vary based on various factors, including country source of product.
Can you tell I've studied government way too much?
In France we say custom
s as they all have different opinions.
15 years ago I had 2 cartons of cigarette instead than one and the customs agent spent a lot of time, complete some forms and had to pay FFR 70 (about USD 10). It was a young customs inspector who want by the book.