The declared value of makeup brushes

Makeup brushes, as a kind of consumer goods, are not as expensive as some high-tech products. The price of the most expensive makeup brushes will not be higher than USD100.0. According to customs policy, the importers/exporters should indicate the actual value of the goods during declaration/clearing. If the declared value is obviously lower or higher than normal, customs will pay special attention on the shipment or even will not release the shipments until getting official prove.

Some of our customers are not so familiar with the customs policy, and believe it is better to declare higher value in case of the goods is missed during shipment. Recently, one customer sent us a prototype which is just a single makeup brush, but he declared USD2000.0 for the single brush. When the package reaches our customs in Shanghai, it can not pass our customs. As the customs really wonder why a single brush is so expensive, so they require us to submit some documents to prove that USD2000.0 is really the actual value of the brushes. The problem is the brush can not so expensive, so we can not get such documents to clear the package from customs. Therefore, we have to ask the customer to change the declared value at his side, till now, he is still working on changing the declared value, and the prototype is still held on customs. If the declared value is less than USD100.0, we must have already got the prototype.

Therefore, during custom makeup brushes, if customers would like us to send us any samples, please ensure that the declared value will be no more than USD100.0. According to Chinese customs policy, any shipment which value more than USD500.0 will need official declaration/clearing process; for samples, it is best to be lower than USD100.0, so that we can get them from customs quickly.