Posting to USA - confused!

Fritha_2

Yarrrgggghhh! I'm confused! I've sold some weaving to America and am very confused (hmmm much repetition of the word confused, well I am!) about Customs (only just discovered that section that RM website!) It's only worth £5 (£8 inc postage).

Do I need to fill in a CN22 form (eep!) and if so what box do I tick I can only see gift, documents, commercial sample and other. And if I have to fill it in do I just stick it on the front? Essentially if I need to fill it in can someone give me a very basic walk through of what I fill in please!

Blood Royal Mail website it's not the first time they've neglected to put information on their price finder bit that then sends me into a tizzy!


Thanks :-)

Sugar_Coated_Owl

Yes you will need a customs label. Tick the Other box. Give a good detailed description of what you are sending. Remember to add the weight and value of the item. I would stick the label in the bottom left hand corner of the parcel.

Fritha_2

Thanks RBK you're star, I can calm down now and send my weaving overseas.

I swear next time I'm going to scour the RM website thoroughly BEFORE I say I'll send thing overseas!

I take them at face value and then they confuse when I've already sold the bloody stuff!


And calm....

Thanks again RBK :-)

Sugar_Coated_Owl

You're welcome

Alfie_E

Fritha wrote: »

…can someone give me a very basic walk through of what I fill in please!

There should be instructions on the back of the CN22, or along side, if you got a PDF version off the Royal Mail website.

• Tick “Other”.
• If your weaving is scarf made of wool, write “One woven wool scarf”.
• Weight your item, and write the weight in kilograms.
• Put the value of the item in the currency that the buyer paid in. For £5, that’s “GBP 5”. If they happened to pay you ten dollars, that would be “USD 10”.
• Ignore the request for HS tariff number and country of origin. The customs at the other end won’t care for a £5 piece of weaving, and the tariff number can be hard to figure out anyway.
• Copy down the weight into the total box.
• Copy down the value into the total box.
• Date and sign it at the bottom.

Below is an example lovingly stolen from the Royal Mail website.

Edit: Something’s just struck me about Royal Mail’s example. Don’t put down pennies or cents, there’s a risk of it being misread as £500, etc. If you really do ever need to do that, use a comma or a dash or similar.

Fritha_2

Alfie E, you are also a star, I read the instructions on the CN22 form but they're nowhere near as good as yours as I actually understand yours and know what to put!

Thank you so much that was such a help, I hope he likes the bloody stuff after all this! Thanks :-)