In some countries, you need to declare expensive items when you are leaving the country, otherwise you pay the tariff when you return.
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wildcardology@lemmy.world 11 months ago
People do this in my country. If they have a friend or somebody they know going to Hong Kong they ask them to buy a laptop and declare it as personal device going back.
wintermute@discuss.tchncs.de 11 months ago
michel@lemmy.ml 11 months ago
Yeah. I know Indonesia is cracking down on phone smuggling now by locking carrier access to registered IMEIs
If you bring one back you get a cheaper import fee if you declare it immediately