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Customs charges on goods purchased outside EU

  • 18-01-2015 12:57pm
    #1
    djk68
    Closed Accounts Posts: 21 ✭


    Hi, I wonder if anyone can help with this query as I haven't managed to find an anwser by googling. I'm traveling to USA on a family holiday and we are bringing goods purchased in Ireland including a lot of expensive camera equipment, ipad, Nintendo.

    While checking out what we are allowed bring back in terms of goods purchased in US the thought occurred to of how do I prove to customs in Ireland when we arrive back that the goods we are bringing with us were not purchased in the US? I dont have receipts for most of it (ipad and Nintendo are over 2 years old and a lot of the camera equipment was purchard second hand on adverts). There doesn't seem to be any process to declare the goods to customs on the outward journey.
    Thanks in advance for any help.


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  • #2
    Grab All Association
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,926 ✭✭✭Grab All Association


    A good question. Followed thread


  • #3
    Tasden
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,166 ✭✭✭Tasden


    Is it possible to get some sort of documentation from this end listing the items on your way out to state that you had them with you? I haven't a clue if it is btw just a suggestion.

    Just saw you already checked that, sorry!


  • #4
    RUDOLF289
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 794 ✭✭✭RUDOLF289


    djk68 wrote: »
    Hi, I wonder if anyone can help with this query as I haven't managed to find an anwser by googling. I'm traveling to USA on a family holiday and we are bringing goods purchased in Ireland including a lot of expensive camera equipment, ipad, Nintendo.

    While checking out what we are allowed bring back in terms of goods purchased in US the thought occurred to of how do I prove to customs in Ireland when we arrive back that the goods we are bringing with us were not purchased in the US? I dont have receipts for most of it (ipad and Nintendo are over 2 years old and a lot of the camera equipment was purchard second hand on adverts). There doesn't seem to be any process to declare the goods to customs on the outward journey.
    Thanks in advance for any help.

    Hello djk68,

    Please note that Customs will be able to ascertain whether goods are new or second hand. Especially a 2 year old Nintendo is easy to distinguish from a new one. As to camera equipment, that should be quite clear also, so there should not be any major issue coming back. Otherwise a lot of people traveling abroad would have that difficulty.

    There is always the option to talk to Customs on departure (certainly in Dublin and Shannon there would be an "on airport" office and you could show them the (list of) items that you are bringing with you. They might even stamp it ....

    Appreciate you might be concerned, but even without receipts there is not too much to worry about.

    Cheers,
    Rudolf289


  • #5
    djk68
    Closed Accounts Posts: 21 ✭djk68


    RUDOLF289 wrote: »
    Hello djk68,

    Please note that Customs will be able to ascertain whether goods are new or second hand. Especially a 2 year old Nintendo is easy to distinguish from a new one. As to camera equipment, that should be quite clear also, so there should not be any major issue coming back. Otherwise a lot of people traveling abroad would have that difficulty.

    There is always the option to talk to Customs on departure (certainly in Dublin and Shannon there would be an "on airport" office and you could show them the (list of) items that you are bringing with you. They might even stamp it ....

    Appreciate you might be concerned, but even without receipts there is not too much to worry about.

    Cheers,
    Rudolf289

    Thanks Rudolf289. I'll try contacting the customs office in the airport when we get there tomorrow. Even though there doesn't seem to be any formal process to declare the goods on the outbound journey they may stamp the list which would put my mind at rest for the return journey


  • #6
    AlexisM
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 250 ✭✭AlexisM


    You could take a photograph of yourself and all the stuff with something/somewhere recognisably Irish in the background - even your own home would probably do.


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  • #7
    Atlantic Dawn
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 84,707 ✭✭✭✭Atlantic Dawn
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    Place all items out on the floor with a copy of the current days newspaper and take photos of them. This will prove you owned them previously.


  • #8
    AlexisM
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 250 ✭✭AlexisM


    Atlantic Dawn wrote: »
    Place all items out on the floor with a copy of the current days newspaper and take photos of them. This will prove you owned them previously.
    Not really. They could take today's newspaper to the US with them and put a bunch of newly-bought stuff on top of it - doesn't prove the stuff was in Ireland on the newspaper date.


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