Customs
Oct 17, 2003 | 8:43 pm
#1
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Customs
In a few days I will be going to HKG on NW and I was wondering if anyone had problems with customs about electronics coming back into the US or even going to HKG. I will have a laptop and a camera.
Oct 17, 2003 | 8:51 pm
#2
Join Date: Jul 2003
Location: DCA, NW Gold
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If these are items that you owned previously, then no problem, don't declare them. If you aquired them on the trip and are bringing them for the first time home, then declare them. That is the safe answer.
Oct 18, 2003 | 1:04 am
#3
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: englewood nj
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if they are really expensive equipment
go to us customs before you leave and declare them with the receipt showing that they were purchased in the us
this way you have proof that they werent purchased overseas
go to us customs before you leave and declare them with the receipt showing that they were purchased in the us
this way you have proof that they werent purchased overseas
Oct 18, 2003 | 5:10 am
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Great answer!!
Oct 18, 2003 | 7:54 am
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<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by drwoo:
if they are really expensive equipment
go to us customs before you leave and declare them with the receipt showing that they were purchased in the us
this way you have proof that they werent purchased overseas</font>
if they are really expensive equipment
go to us customs before you leave and declare them with the receipt showing that they were purchased in the us
this way you have proof that they werent purchased overseas</font>
It's a very quick process, it only took me about 5 minutes to get this done at a customs office near ORD.
Oct 18, 2003 | 4:31 pm
#6
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Thanks Will do in LAX
Oct 18, 2003 | 9:52 pm
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Not sure if things have changed recently, but in a handful of overseas trips incld Hng Kong, they never bothered me. Like most corporate citizens, I do not have a receipt for the laptop, and getting one would be a major hassle.
Again, never been bothered, but....
Again, never been bothered, but....
Oct 19, 2003 | 4:29 am
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My last laptop travelled with me over 750,000 miles around the world. It entered and left the US at least 140 times, HKG at least 15 times and passed at least 400 European borders (not to mention a whole bunch of other places). It is not 1990 anymore, laptops, cell phones and cameras are common place and customs does not care (unless they are brand new in the box, and they still probably do not care).