3 Oct
2002
3 Oct
'02
11:12 a.m.
Eric Smith wrote:
It might help to buy the equipment from him for a
nominal price rather
than get it as a gift. If you buy it (for $25, perhaps) and have
a bill of sale, the import duty would be based on the sale price. But
if it's a gift, Customs would try to determine the value and assess the
import duty based on that.
If it's a gift, and the value is less that $100 then the customs section of
the
US embassy pages here in the UK imply that there is no duty to pay - other
than that the first $100 would not be subject to duty.
Dave.