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[quote=MIKEOE2,578463]Hi I am having problems getting several boxes of personal goods shipped from Australia through Customs at Shanghai. I was advised in Australia that I did not have to list the titles of every book, list every item in every box. Now, it seems that I did have to, so Customs could check to see if anything was politically/culturally/socially 'sensitive'. I don't believe I have any such prohibited goods. I merely gave a general description of the items in each box. For example, books, ornaments, photo album, guitars (although I did describe each guitar). I am prepared, sadly, to lose the books. But guitars and ornaments ought to be allowed through surely. The agent we contracted (the original company did not handle any loads smaller than a container) sublet to a smaller agent, who declined to handle the goods because there was not a detailed list. 3 agents later, and the current one is asking for 5000 rmb to get the stuff through customs. I am refusing to pay that, confident that such an arrangement is purely extortion. And payment apparently still does not guarantee they will be allowed in. Besides, the goods have not even been presented to customs yet. Has anyone else had a similar problem? How did they get on? Any advice please? Thanks, Michael [/quote]
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