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Shipping household goods from Ukraine to US -- customs question

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A few months ago, I had posted a thread about shipping household goods from Ukraine to US. Advice from visajourney was very helpful, thank you. Made a lot of progress. On to the next question:

Does anyone know what customs-related expenses must be paid in association with bringing household goods into the US, if any? Does the fact that they are personal possessions make a difference? My wife is currently back in Ukraine gathering her things; she will have a shipping container full of housewares and furniture. She is getting contradictory answers from the Ukraine side about what needs to be paid to bring goods into the US. Anyone have any experience with this? URL's/web sites would be especially helpful; preliminary attempts with Google haven't told me what I need to know.

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--Barry

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A few months ago, I had posted a thread about shipping household goods from Ukraine to US. Advice from visajourney was very helpful, thank you. Made a lot of progress. On to the next question:

Does anyone know what customs-related expenses must be paid in association with bringing household goods into the US, if any? Does the fact that they are personal possessions make a difference? My wife is currently back in Ukraine gathering her things; she will have a shipping container full of housewares and furniture. She is getting contradictory answers from the Ukraine side about what needs to be paid to bring goods into the US. Anyone have any experience with this? URL's/web sites would be especially helpful; preliminary attempts with Google haven't told me what I need to know.

Thanks!

--Barry

Update: Found help.cbp.gov, very useful. No need to post anything that's written there. Still interested in actual experience/war stories, though. If you've shipped goods from Ukraine to the US, would be grateful for any details you'd care to share.

--Barry

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Please let us know who you used for shipping and any particulars. Some of us will also be shipping stuff from Ukraine and we would appreciate providing your experience with it.

See my new topic in this forum concerning the two shipping companies we've got quotes from. Haven't used them yet, asking for info.

--Barry

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This thread is now closed in favor of Barry's new thread.

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