Ahh, Customs Declarations

Syrup, Candy, HAH 1

They’re ubiquitous, when shipping into and out of the European Economic Community: Customs Declarations. They must go on every package we send back to the US, and on everything coming over here. Occasionally something gets stopped by customs (we’re recalling having been told that we must pay £115 for a lens which we owned, but had sent to the factory for repairs – didn’t happen, ’cause we kept the sales receipt). But, most of the time, things don’t get stopped.

Syrup, Candy, HAH 2

In this case, what didn’t get stopped (and we’re so thankful) was labeled “Syrup” and “Candy.” Umm… really? The cough medicine must be the “syrup” and the Ibuprofen, therefore, is “candy.” Yeah, sure. Also? The dollar value beneath which things don’t routinely get inspected … would be $15 coming this way, and £15 going that way. So, if you ever need to have something slide beneath the radar, well, there you go.


It’s supposed to snow this evening, and D. is off to Southampton for work: a 6:15 a.m. flight down there, to arrive back in Glasgow at something like 9 p.m. Truly a long day, for someone who had been so ill. We’re glad that he’s now almost completely recovered from whatever nasty flu-thing he had, but looking forward to a decent weekend without sickness!

-D & T

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