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Shipment custom clearance

hitesh.boghani — Thu, 28 Jul 2022 12:20:29 GMT

Hello [mention:687981bbb0f34d3584b51cfca4f9c5fe:e9ed411860ed4f2ba0265705b8793d05],

I've been contacted by UPS for the custom clearance for this kit. Is it correct to declare it as sample for me as an individual?

Thanks,

Hitesh

RE: Shipment custom clearance

hitesh.boghani — Thu, 11 Aug 2022 14:59:25 GMT

Hi Phil,

Just to confirm that I received the kit last week. Thanks very much for sorting it out.

Best,

Hitesh

RE: Shipment custom clearance

hitesh.boghani — Sun, 31 Jul 2022 20:18:45 GMT

rsjawale24 thank you so much for your help and suggestions. There must be similar processes even if it's different country so your answer is useful anyways.

RE: Shipment custom clearance

rsjawale24 — Fri, 29 Jul 2022 12:11:50 GMT

Ah! I thought it was Indian customs. My bad.

RE: Shipment custom clearance

hitesh.boghani — Fri, 29 Jul 2022 09:40:04 GMT

Great, thank you so much and will look forward to your suggestions.

RE: Shipment custom clearance

e14phil — Fri, 29 Jul 2022 08:52:14 GMT

Hi Hitesh, Let me speak with the team involved with shipping and see what we can get you! Its rare to see this as we try to make it that we take all of the complexity out of shipping your kit.

RE: Shipment custom clearance

hitesh.boghani — Thu, 28 Jul 2022 21:42:51 GMT

Hi rsjawale24,

Thank you for your reply. On previous occassions, I received goods of this sort fine without any issues. Only this time, they contacted me and asked me for the following info.

- Customs procedure or reason for import (e.g. standard import, home use, return, sample, etc.)

- Commodity code or plain language goods description

- Your EORI number , If you do not have an EORI Number yet, just click the link below and register an EORI Number. Usually, EORI Number will be issued within 5-7 working days but just provide us the application reference number for the meantime so that we can complete the clearance instruction.

EORI application link: https://www.tax.service.gov.uk/customs/register-for-cds/isle-of-man?_ga=2.152458489.1198967774.1610979331-819598082.1598429078

- Approval to use your Deferment Account Number (DAN), where appropriate

- Any other information we must take into account when completing this Customs declaration on your behalf

So, out of their eg. for import, I thought sample seemed to be the most relevant in my opinion. I'm in the UK so they have given me a form to sign to declare in accordance with this: https://www.gov.uk/guidance/pay-no-import-duty-and-vat-on-importing-commercial-samples

They also pointed me to some specific sections (2.3, 2.4, 2.6, 3.7 & 3.8) of this Public notice 372 but I don't seem to find that document anywhere other than this webpage. I am going to ask them about this document anyway but thought if anyone had come across it already?

Thanks,

Hitesh

RE: Shipment custom clearance

rsjawale24 — Thu, 28 Jul 2022 17:16:35 GMT

Hi Hitesh!
There's no need to declare it as a sample. The incoterms on the shipments from e14 are always DDP(Delivery Duty Paid). This means you don't have to pay anything e14 covers your cost.

Just provide the relevant documents to UPS for customs clearance.

I have got many shipments from e14 as kits and prizes for contests, but I never paid anything to UPS or Indian Customs.

You can also ask UPS about the incoterms of the said shipment.

RE: Alleviate shared pin problem on expansion boards...any suggestions?

hitesh.boghani — Sat, 16 Jul 2022 16:10:48 GMT

Thank you so much shabaz. I'll try that after I receive the kit.

Alleviate shared pin problem on expansion boards...any suggestions?

hitesh.boghani — Sat, 16 Jul 2022 15:10:21 GMT

Hi everyone, I had looked at expansion board documents for DRI0009 and DRI0039 at the time of applying for this challenge. It looks like they both share digital pins 4, 5, 6 from Arduino. Any suggestions for overcoming the issue? I was thinking of using a separate microcontroller programmed using Uno and use those both expansion boards separately that way. Any other ways to use them together?

Like shown in this tutorial...

docs.arduino.cc/.../ArduinoToBreadboard

RE: Alleviate shared pin problem on expansion boards...any suggestions?

shabaz — Sat, 16 Jul 2022 15:51:48 GMT

Hi,

The '009 board is using the J1 pins 5-8 as just general inputs from the Arduino (i.e. Arduino pins acting as outputs), so you can move them to any other pins on the Arduino that can be used as outputs.

You can disconnect some jumpers on JP1 to isolate J1 from the rest of the '009 board:

..and then you could just patch the board by soldering some wires. It's up to you which pins you patch to. It looks pretty easy since there are spare through-hole pins along the edges of the board from where you can patch from, to JP1.