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kjs:

--- Quote from: zapta on April 06, 2015, 03:02:13 pm ---This thread made to appreciate the lesser government control and taxing here. It's also a reminder that we shouldn't take it for granted.

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That's unfortunately only partially true. Yes, tariffs for stuff from China are usually 0% as everything comes from China anyhow. US companies have long and successfully lobbied to have that zero tariff. Try to import from other countries and it also roars its ugly head.

It is also a question whether a government should look out for their citizen or not. A middle ground between what the EU does and the US way most likely would be the best. There are also many good things in how the EU protects buyers compared to the way the US is protecting mainly the big money.

German_EE:
What I cannot understand is why Dave is having all these problems yet I get packages from Mouser and various Chinese EBay sellers without problems. The last package was an LCD display costing about seventy Euro and I never paid a cent in duty.

mcinque:

--- Quote from: Towger on April 06, 2015, 11:45:26 am ---BTW, I have had no problems importing Broadcast FM kits
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If you was an end user for those kits, it's not your problem. Any issue about the compliance it's never an end-user's matter. It's always a manufacturer (or importer/reseller) responsibility. Anyone that sells the product. Customs are strange, sometimes they fear that someone could act as a private just to import non-CE devices, to resell them as a company.


--- Quote from: Towger on April 06, 2015, 11:45:26 am ---Years are there was a court case were one radio pirate proved that his transmitter had a alternative use. He cooked toast on it. So the judge let him off.
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Well, it reminds me when Homer Simpson uses his gun to open beer cans.  :-DD

rob77:

--- Quote from: German_EE on April 06, 2015, 07:29:46 pm ---What I cannot understand is why Dave is having all these problems yet I get packages from Mouser and various Chinese EBay sellers without problems. The last package was an LCD display costing about seventy Euro and I never paid a cent in duty.

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it depends on the laziness of the customs :D btw... upto 22Eur it's no fees, 22-150 Eur you have to pay local VAT and above 150 it's VAT + customs duty. i think it's the same for the whole EU.

Neganur:
Unless I'm mistaken, 'customs duty' does not depend on the item price* but solely on the country of origin (what is meant here is the country where the item was manufactured).

*: No customs duty or VAT is levied for items that don't exceed 22 EUR. I have never heard of a 150 EUR rule. You're right, it's 150 EUR (except certain goods like alcohol & tobacco), and none is charged if the duty amount is less than 10 EUR. Has this finally been harmonized? Countries may decide to not charge if the VAT amount is below a certain amount e.g. 5 EUR in Finland.

You can usually look up the TARIC codes (tariff code) on the customs websites of a country or region like European Union or worldwide  (this webpage seems to have an error in the language selection).

Stuff from AUS or US to Europe is considered third-country and depending on the item (fx. CRO's have duty, DSO don't) they will have additional duty added before VAT is added.

Edit: spelling and duty correction

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