Shipping bicycle into USA, import costs ?

[Stefaan_Leslie 10]

Taking the bicycle to the post office tomorrow; I'll let you know the result

[kzielu 1,149]

I brought both of mine as part of my baggage allowance.

Exactly what I had done too.

[Harsh_77 718]

But how do they know it is a personal item ? I can write that down on a paper, customs form and attach that to the bike or the box but will they believe that, are they keeping track of what comes in the country ?

I think the bike is worth around 4500-5000$

If your bike is 4-5k worth it is not going to pass as an item less then 1k.... com on.

If customs officer goes thru your stuff he is def going to know you have under valued this thing to avoid duty.

They are trained to look for these things. To mu understanding if you are moving it as part of your personal things then there would not be any duty, personally I would not make false statement on the official document.

[Stefaan_Leslie 10]

They didn't ask me anything about value at the post office. I just wrote 'moving to usa - personal stuff' on the paper they gave me. I asked if i had to be more specific but they said no ...

FIngers crossed !

[Stefaan_Leslie 10]

The bicycle has arrived, can't see any damage so far.

Assembling it and going for a ride later this week.

[Moomin 292]

The bicycle has arrived, can't see any damage so far.

Assembling it and going for a ride later this week.

Thanks for the update, hoping it'll be appriciated by others looking for answers.

[Jojo92122 1,924]

The bicycle has arrived, can't see any damage so far.

Assembling it and going for a ride later this week.

Cool. Nice that everything worked out for you.

[Judeep27 0]

Thats a lot of money!A $5000 bike?Yeah thats true coz its safer to use a bike than a motor cycle,it's not prone of accident.I am also confused with calculations on the payment with the immigration,do they use calculator?I think thats too much.

[Stefaan_Leslie 10]

I haven't payed any import costs (no container, no agent fees, ...)

[ChrisMcFisch 1]

Dear VJ members,

I recently bought a new road bike which I want to take with me when immigrating to the USA.

Since it is not in my possession for more than a year I can't claim it as a personal item that is tax exempt...

How much will the duty/custom/tax it be?

I can't find any information regarding the amount of money it'll cost me.

It's a trek road bike and was slightly more than 3000.

Thanks in advance for your answers.

Cheers, Chris