International Orders: Customs Declaration Policy

 

We occasionally receive requests to mark our international shipments as gifts or to understate the declared value. However, due to USA export laws, we are unable to declare artificially low customs values on orders shipped outside the USA. Also, we are required to declare our exports as a commercial shipment.

 

We understand that other businesses are willing to alter the USD value to minimize the import custom's charge. However, our policy is to follow USA law. Therefore, all exported shipments will use the actual order value for the customs documentation.

 

We do our best to describe the purchase item using accurate descriptions. When a export HTS tariff code is available for an item, the tariff number will be shown on the customs documentation (along with the description). When a tariff code is not available, we may rely solely on the actual description of the actual.

 

To summarize, we are not able to legally comply with requests to mark the order as a gift, sample, or state incorrect valuations. Requests to do so may delay shipping your order while we contact you to explain our policy.