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Moderator
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Interesting times.  |
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Valued Member
United States
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My parcel from Belgium arrived as normal. No delays in US customs, no bills received at delivery.
My friend who received his from Switzerland a few weeks back hasn't received any customs bills in the mail, either.
Now I'm curious whether larger value (>$1k declared/insured) parcels from overseas are being tariffed...
If anyone has any experiences one way or another, please let the board know!
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
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Instead of complaining online, perhaps these highly paid auction house executives should get a lobbyist on board to pressure Congress in exempting Numismatics.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Recall that there is a "goods on the water" rule that is supposed to mean the tariffs applied are those in force when the ship left the dock of its last pre-USA port. This would seem to imply that we may not yet be seeing the full impact.
CBP has always had wide latitude to focus their limited resources.
They could be choosing to let some items through to avoid backup in processing (trucks lined up waiting for days at the border has been negative publicity in the past).
Or they could be choosing to focus on high visibility (for media impact)
Or random numbers - randomness has always been a useful tool because it doesn't let the bad people game your system
Or ...
Generally, agency SOPs have not been subject to FOIA requests. Thus, we don't know what they have been TOLD to do, nor do we know what individual CBP staff ARE doing.
And assuming what happened yesterday will happen today is risky.
-----Burton 50 year / Life / Emeritus ANA member (joined 12/1/1973) Life member: Numismatics International, CONECA Member: TNA, FtWCC, NETCC, OnLine Coin Club Owned by four cats and a wife of 40 years (joined 1983) |
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United States
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...Now I'm curious whether larger value (>$1k declared/insured) parcels from overseas are being tariffed... Very interesting.
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Moderator
United States
164145 Posts |
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Instead of complaining online, perhaps these highly paid auction house executives should get a lobbyist on board to pressure Congress in exempting Numismatics. 
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Moderator
United States
164145 Posts |
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Recall that there is a "goods on the water" rule that is supposed to mean the tariffs applied are those in force when the ship left the dock of its last pre-USA port. This would seem to imply that we may not yet be seeing the full impact.
CBP has always had wide latitude to focus their limited resources.
They could be choosing to let some items through to avoid backup in processing (trucks lined up waiting for days at the border has been negative publicity in the past).
Or they could be choosing to focus on high visibility (for media impact)
Or random numbers - randomness has always been a useful tool because it doesn't let the bad people game your system
Or ...
Generally, agency SOPs have not been subject to FOIA requests. Thus, we don't know what they have been TOLD to do, nor do we know what individual CBP staff ARE doing.
And assuming what happened yesterday will happen today is risky. A good analysis worth repeating.  It appears the only guarantee is that there are no guarantees. 
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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i am not sure if any current Members of Congress are known coin collectors, but if so it could be useful to call and/or write them to ask about tariffs and numismatics. Perhaps even prod them to attempt to "tariff-proof" this hobby.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
4526 Posts |
Googling, I found that Oklahoma Congressman Frank Lucas collects coins. He co-sponsored the bill that created the American Buffalo. He still is in office.
Perhaps a CCF member from Oklahoma can contact him and ask about the whole tariff thing in relation to coin collecting?
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Moderator
United States
164145 Posts |
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Perhaps a CCF member from Oklahoma can contact him and ask about the whole tariff thing in relation to coin collecting? 
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
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My parcel from Belgium arrived as normal. No delays in US customs, no bills received at delivery.
My friend who received his from Switzerland a few weeks back hasn't received any customs bills in the mail, either.
Now I'm curious whether larger value (>$1k declared/insured) parcels from overseas are being tariffed...
If anyone has any experiences one way or another, please let the board know! I received a package of coins (below $800) two days ago from San Marino with no delays, no customs bill (yet).
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Pillar of the Community
United States
4526 Posts |
I think the de minimis exemption for Canada and Europe is still in effect.
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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De minimus for Canada & Mexico as well as the
USMCA still in effect .yup !
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Pillar of the Community
United States
4526 Posts |
Did anyone call their congress man/woman yet?
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Moderator
United States
164145 Posts |
Mine is a lost cause.  |
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