[ILL-L] Customs value when sending a loan overseas

[Lynne Porat]

Dear Brian,
 
Thank you for raising this issue. We frequently request books from USA libraries and have encountered problems whenever the lending library writes their standard replacement charge on the customs form. If there is a value of anything from $1 to $100, the item is intercepted by our customs who then charge us an extra couple of $ to release the parcel. When the lending library writes the value as $0 there are no problems.
We have tried approaching inidividual libraries when this problem occurs, but so far, to no avail.
 
If a book gets lost, the lending library is entitled to charge us their replacement cost, no matter what is written on the customs form. 
 
Lynne Porat
 
Head, Interlibrary Loan Team, University of Haifa Library 
Mt. Carmel, Haifa 31905, Israel tel. 972-4-8240529 fax 972-4-8249146 email: porat at univ.haifa.ac.il


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From: ill-l-bounces at webjunction.org on behalf of Brian Miller
Sent: Tue 17-Jul-07 19:33
To: ill-l at webjunction.org
Subject: [ILL-L] Customs value when sending a loan overseas




For libraries that loan materials overseas:

What do you write as the value of the contents on the U.S.P.S.
Customs Declaration form?

Do you write $0 because it is a loan to be returned?
Do you write your standard replacement charge for materials?
Do you write the amount of the fee you charge to loan internationally?
Other?

Thanks in advance for responses.




Brian D. Miller
Lending / Document Delivery Service Coordinator
Ohio State University Interlibrary Services (OSU)
Ackerman Library, Room 584
610 Ackerman Road
Columbus OH 43202
614-688-8456

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