> I also needed to pay ¥11,100 of import duties on it - it didn’t seem to matter that the MacBook was mine.
I hate this too.
I've sent quite a few things from one country to another - from myself, to myself. I own the things, I bought them years ago in the country I'm sending them to, took them in luggage when leaving, but am now sending it snail mail back.
They demand I pay import duties, even when I have receipts showing I own it and bought it years ago in the country they want duties.
I've never been able to get out of it, and I've spent hundreds of hours trying.
There are ways to do it, but it probably requires an expert in customs law to get the paperwork filed correctly.
When I moved from Australia to Sweden I shipped about half a shipping container worth of personal items -clothing, furniture, books, electronics - and I didn't have to pay any import duty apart from a small processing fee.
I hate this too.
I've sent quite a few things from one country to another - from myself, to myself. I own the things, I bought them years ago in the country I'm sending them to, took them in luggage when leaving, but am now sending it snail mail back.
They demand I pay import duties, even when I have receipts showing I own it and bought it years ago in the country they want duties.
I've never been able to get out of it, and I've spent hundreds of hours trying.