[3dem] insured cryoholder shipment

[benoit.zuber at ana.unibe.ch]

Thank you every one for your input! 
It seems doable! As far as I understand, we have to pay tax to Switzerland on the repair costs when the holder comes back. 
Best regards
Benoit

> -----Original Message-----
> From: 3dem-bounces at ncmir.ucsd.edu [mailto:3dem-
> bounces at ncmir.ucsd.edu] On Behalf Of Lubomir Kovacik
> Sent: Wednesday, May 21, 2014 7:59 AM
> To: 3dem at ncmir.ucsd.edu
> Subject: Re: [3dem] insured cryoholder shipment
> 
> Dear dr. Zuber,
> 
> we sent a cryoholder to US a couple of years ago for repair. As in your case,
> the delivery companies did not help us at all. At the end I talked to the
> customs and it turned out that items falling under the harmonization code
> 9012.90.1000 (parts and accessories of electron microscopes other than
> optical microscopes) weren't subject to tax at all. So we sent the holder with
> Fedex insured at 49000,- USD (no company wanted to insure at a higher
> price). At the end we paid some extra money for the insurance, and I don't
> remember if we had to pay the tax for the price of repair issued on the
> invoice because this went through our administration but I guess we did.
> 
> As Stefan suggests, it should also be enough to mark the holder for repair.
> 
> I hope it helps.
> 
> Lubo
> 
> On 20.5.2014 17:37, benoit.zuber at ana.unibe.ch wrote:
> > Dear list members,
> >
> > A slightly off topic question: has anyone experience with shipping
> expensive products for repair to the US and having transport insured against
> loss and damage?
> > We need to send a cryoholder to the US for repair. We are of course ready
> to pay for an insurance but my concern is that if we declare the value of the
> holder, an invoice for several 1000s dollars taxes might be issued by US
> customs on the way out, and same by Swiss customs when the holder is sent
> back to us after repair.  So far I could not get clear answers from courrier
> companies.
> >
> > Thank you in advance
> > Benoit
> >
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> > Benoît Zuber
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> > University of Bern
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> > benoit.zuber at ana.unibe.ch
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