Originally Posted by
Often1
What do you believe the approximate total value to be in today's dollars? E.g. $200, $2,000, $20,000, $200,000? If on the lower end, there is a good chance that CBP will simply waive any duty so long as the items are properly documented.
Thank you so much! I had the items appraised by an independent jeweler in india. They came in at about $ 1700 total.
I am not sure if this is good enough for CBP to calculate duty.
Is duty 3% for such items over the $800 exemption?
Originally Posted by
FlyingUnderTheRadar
Any chance you have old photos of the items?? That would help document that you have had them more than a year.
Unfortunately I do not have old photos of these articles. I do realize it would by difficult to prove that these are in fact old articles that we received as a gift versus a purchase.