eugene's baroque mandolino came from luciano faria but (i think) he's gone fishin' up in ontario. --- Kevin Kishimoto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Check out the US trade commission website: > > <http://www.usitc.gov/tata/hts/bychapter/index.htm> > > It's got most info you need, although digging > through everything to find what's applicable can > take a little time. Anyway, if I'm reading this > correctly, you will have to pay 4.6% on the declared > value. (Hopefully the maker didn't describe it on > the paperwork as a "guitar" because that would make > it 8.7%.) I'm not sure what kind of duty there is > on a case, but if you bought it as a package deal, > then I think it's all included. Here's a link for > the chapter on musical instruments. > > <http://hotdocs.usitc.gov/docs/tata/hts/bychapter/0702c92.pdf> > > You can also read the "general notes" section for > more info on how to read this chart: > > <http://hotdocs.usitc.gov/docs/tata/hts/bychapter/0702gn.pdf> > > Good luck. > Kevin > > > ----- Original Message ---- > From: Jim Abraham <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: LUTE-LIST <lute@cs.dartmouth.edu> > Sent: Thursday, July 19, 2007 11:06:27 AM > Subject: [LUTE] Import duty for instrument shipped > to US > > Hi All, > > I have been informed by Luciano Faria, my luthier in > Brazil, that my lute > shipped yesterday. Does anyone know if I will have > to pay import duty? Does > it just show up on my doorstep? > > Jim > > -- > > To get on or off this list see list information at > http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html > > > > > > > ____________________________________________________________________________________ > Boardwalk for $500? In 2007? Ha! Play Monopoly Here > and Now (it's updated for today's economy) at Yahoo! > Games. > http://get.games.yahoo.com/proddesc?gamekey=monopolyherenow > > > > http://earlymusiccharango.blogspot.com/ ___________________________________________________________ Yahoo! Mail is the world's favourite email. Don't settle for less, sign up for your free account today http://uk.rd.yahoo.com/evt=44106/*http://uk.docs.yahoo.com/mail/winter07.html
