Originally Posted by
tkelvin69
The CBP site is a bit confusing but essentially I'll get $800 duty free and then $1,000 @ 3%. Do I get to choose what is in the $1,800? Essentially, it will be golf equipment, jewelry, clothing that will have a value of $2,500. It would be nice to hear from someone with real life experience, especially at CLT.
Yes, you get to choose what the order is. That is, you have the option to use the items with the normally higher duties into the first $1800 and put lower duty items in the over $1800 group. Of course, as noted, some duty is not collected