[Elecraft] Traveling and US Customs

[Phil Kane]

On 3/13/2014 11:38 AM, David Christ wrote:

> Again I am not a lawyer, but I have never heard of this being a problem.  But it would not hurt to have the paper.

Sometimes even the paper doesn't help.  Many years ago, when I worked
for the Feds, I had to ship  agency-owned Japanese-made electronic
equipment to Guam on a job - Guam is outside the US for  customs
purposes.  Shipping the stuff back to San Francisco, I went to the
airline's air freight office with the proper paperwork showing that it
has been purchased in the US and was owned by "the gov'ment" but they
refused to release the shipment to me unless I used the services of a
registered Customs broker!

Fortunately I noticed that the  Customs duty officer on the floor was
someone who I recognized by sight (our offices were in the downtown
Customs House) so he was able to get that requirement waived.  I had
never heard of the "must use a Customs broker" requirement before and
yes, I am a lawyer....  :)
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