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January 27, 1992
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A person that lives in Europe would like to purchase some rifle accessories from me. I have no experiance shipping out of Country. What is the correct procedeure to follow? I do not wish to do the wrong thing. Thanks for your help. RDB
April 15, 2005
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Roger,
Technically you need to verify that the parts are not on any of the ITAR lists, but generally speaking, if the parts are for an old Winchester sporting rifle, there should be no issues shipping them outside of the U.S. The country they are going to may have restrictions, and technically you need to be in compliance with them as well, though it is extremely unlikely that they would come after you for a violation. The person on the receiving end is responsible for adhering to his country’s laws & regulations.
Bert
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December 8, 2024
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I am in Australia and for us we can import with no restrictions most scopes,sights,stocks,bayonets but barrels, actions trigger groups or any parts of actions and magazines require a import permit…
May 2, 2009
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The hardest part is the export papers that need to ship with it. I had to send a part back to the manufacture in Australia for repair and I was able to get the export papers from the manufacture so I could attach them to the box. Since the item was going back to the manufacture for repair and returning there wasn’t any import export fee but if your selling they need to know where the item was made and what it cost so they can charge the import fees and taxes. This was with Fedex. I would think USPS might be a little easier to figure out since they have instructions for people that never shipped items out of the country before but the export papers are the critical part.
From the USPS site.
Sending packages to other countries is different from sending packages inside the U.S.:
- Tracking: Depending on how and where you ship, you may not get the same level of tracking information you’re used to for U.S. packages.
- Rules: There are more rules, laws, and regulations that you must follow (from USPS, the U.S., and the destination country), and you are responsible for following all of them.
- Things You Can’t Send: There are more things you can’t send in international packages, and each country has its own rules about what it’ll allow in inbound packages.
- Customs Forms: When you send merchandise (anything that’s not correspondence or documents), it must have a customs form that’s computer-generated (not handwritten) by approved USPS software that electronically sends the customs form data to U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP). If you have a handwritten customs form, you’ll need to give it to a retail associate at a USPS location and they’ll make a computer-generated customs form for you.
- Consequences: You’ll want to be very careful, detailed, and accurate. If you make mistakes, your package could be delayed, subject to extra import fees, or even rejected, confiscated, or destroyed by the receiving country.
Bob
WACA Life Member--- NRA Life Member---- Cody Firearms member since 1991 Researching the Winchester 1873's
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