Q1203 - Mack is naming names... Why is Long Beach Port so important? (qmap.pub)

submitted 5.9 years ago by 3167491?

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18108114? 5.9 years ago

They can ship anything to anywhere in the world, label it art, and customs cannot inspect it.

They are smuggling humans, drugs, you name it.

But its art yall!

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18113624? 5.9 years ago

Why isn't customs allowed to inspect art? That needs to be changed ASAP. Customs should have the authority to inspect anything it deems as necessary. Wouldn't it be interesting if a surprise, emergency inspection of everything coming through the port had to be performed, if only for a couple of hours? I wonder how we could make that happen?

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18121675? 5.9 years ago

Fine art is exempt duty-free

Maybe this?

If you had also bought a $500 painting on that trip, you could bring all $1,300 worth of merchandise home without having to pay duty, because fine art is duty-free.

https://www.cbp.gov/travel/international-visitors/kbyg/types-exemptions

https://archive.fo/X4XtF

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