[115567] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: OT: Bringing Cisco equipment to US
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Aaron J. Grier)
Mon Jun 29 16:47:46 2009
Date: Mon, 29 Jun 2009 13:46:46 -0700
From: "Aaron J. Grier" <agrier@poofygoof.com>
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On Mon, Jun 29, 2009 at 12:19:36PM -0400, Joe Abley wrote:
> If you want to avoid any unpleasant questions at the border, then the
> right thing to do is probably to find out what supporting paperwork is
> required to support the import of the switches into the US, bring that
> paperwork with you, and declare the switches at customs.
if the equipment is going to return back its country of origin within 12
months, a carnet could be used. however, if the equipment is going to
be permanently relocated to the US, I suspect standard customs import
procedures would need to be followed.
importing into the US: http://www.cbp.gov/linkhandler/cgov/newsroom/publications/trade/iius.ctt/iius.pdf
details on carnets: http://www.uscib.org/index.asp?DocumentID=1843
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