import is the most under-discussed thing on this board
import is the most under-discussed thing on this board. Making the case below, and I expect to lose some of it in the comments.
Total transit includes a clearance stage that is not under the carrier’s control. Separating clearance time from carrier time is the first step in diagnosing any delay.
A hold, a request for information and a seizure are distinct administrative events. Each has its own process and deadlines, and the notice itself states which one you have.
Import rules are national and they distinguish between personal and commercial import, with different thresholds, documentation and consequences. A general answer is almost always wrong somewhere.
If somebody has the same thing measured a different way, post it next to mine and we will see whether they agree.
best — the order this archive was captured in
Research-use-only labelling is a description of intended use, not a customs classification. It does not by itself determine how anything is treated at a border.
Shipped from regional stock or from origin?
Which country, and which country did it ship from?
Nothing on this board is legal advice. Where a notice carries a deadline or a consequence, that is a matter for somebody qualified in your own jurisdiction.
nothing in this board is legal advice
Correction: that is a request for information, not a seizure notice. Different document, different process, different deadline.
ask the supplier what documentation accompanies the shipment
That delay was at clearance, not with the carrier. The lane table separates them for exactly this reason.
What does the notice actually say, in its own words?
The rules where I live changed between two orders six months apart. Nothing was announced; I found out by reading.
Is there a deadline on the notice?
Cosigning on paperwork. The boring documents are the ones that matter when a process starts.
clearance time is not carrier time
Have you asked the supplier what they declare?
Yes. Nothing here is legal advice and the good posts on this board say so themselves.
This. Ordering from regional stock takes the entire question off the table, which is why it comes up in every one of these threads.
do not post your own address details when asking
Right, and clearance time is not carrier time. Blaming the shipper for a customs queue is a category error.
How long has it been sitting, and at which stage?
jurisdiction first, everything else is downstream
the rules differ between neighbouring countries and change by year
Got a request for information and treated it as a seizure for two days before actually reading it. It was neither dramatic nor difficult.
Yes — a hold and a seizure are different events with different processes, and this board mixes them weekly.
Same view — the rules where I am changed between one year and the next and nobody announced it.
Ordered from the warehouse in France and the whole import question disappeared. 5 days, domestic, no notice, nothing to manage.
What documentation accompanied the shipment?
Agreed on asking what documentation accompanies a shipment. Suppliers who ship regionally usually have a clear answer.
Is this a hold, a request for information, or a seizure notice?
- 1Shipped from regional stock or from origin?10 comments in this branch · started by u/pavel_nkemelu
- 2Is there a deadline on the notice?8 comments in this branch · started by u/anders_vermeulen