Hi Jeri, I paid import duty on books one time when I brought in several hundred dollars worth of books through customs, even though they were all different titles: my total was over the personal exemption limit, which at the time was $200, so I paid duty on the amount over $200. (My luggage was VERY heavy.) Just recently I brought about $1500 worth of stuff back, but paid no duty because the personal exemption limit is now up to $1000 or something like that, and about $1100 of what I'd bought was antique lace (antiques aren't subject to duty), so the total of stuff that wasn't duty-free was less than the personal exemption limit. The list of stuff that is duty-free is fairly short actually, and books ain't on it. Two things to glean from this: 1) Import duty is owed on books if they are being brought in for resale, or if the total worth of them is over the personal exemption allowance. 2) Be sure to always get a certificate of authenticity and age if you buy antique lace overseas--it has to be over 100 years old to be duty-free, and customs inspectors are not going to be able to judge the age of lace.
Bottom line: always buy lace :-). Nancy Connecticut, USA On Wednesday, October 30, 2013 12:40 PM, "jeria...@aol.com" <jeria...@aol.com> wrote: Is this tax some of you are referring to charged to suppliers who import one title in large quantities? That would be the only difference from my single copy book orders - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
