Declare electronic items at Customs?

davef22 · Jun 6th, 2009, 02:30

I plan to get a pair of car speakers from the US and will be traveling to Chennai(India) shortly. Is this something I need to declare at customs and I plan to have this in the carry on luggage? The value of this item is roughly Rs 2500. Is it ok to pass this through the X-ray machine since you have speakers inside, wouldn't it cause any damage?

Look forward to any experiences/suggestions from people out there.

Thank you

Happy2Travel · Jun 6th, 2009, 02:43

I don't believe the X-Ray would cause any damage to the speaker (more of a guess than authoritative). Laptop/cellphone and camera go thru them at US airport don't they?

I don't think there is a need to declare it (again more of a guess than authoritative) since I don't declare the laptop or my iPod given that they are valued $$$ more.

MonkeyBoy4u · Jun 6th, 2009, 03:06

X-rays will not damage the car speakers. No need to declare they are very cheap.

I guess you are allowed imports upto Rs 25000 plus 1 laptop and 2 litres of liquor.

davef22 · Jun 6th, 2009, 03:52

Quote:

Originally Posted by Happy2Travel

I don't believe the X-Ray would cause any damage to the speaker (more of a guess than authoritative). Laptop/cellphone and camera go thru them at US airport don't they?

I don't think there is a need to declare it (again more of a guess than authoritative) since I don't declare the laptop or my iPod given that they are valued $$$ more.

Yes you are right about our cellphones,laptop etc going through the x-ray, I just thought about it.
Thanks for the info.

davef22 · Jun 6th, 2009, 03:53

Quote:

Originally Posted by MonkeyBoy4u

X-rays will not damage the car speakers. No need to declare they are very cheap.

I guess you are allowed imports upto Rs 25000 plus 1 laptop and 2 litres of liquor.

Thanks for your reply. Definitely helped.

MonkeyBoy4u · Jun 7th, 2009, 18:14

I've been doing some more digging around this, the below link defines clearly the baggage rules for different types of passengers arriving in India.

http://www.cbec.gov.in/customs/cs-ac...s/cs-rulef.htm

Hope this link is of help !

gvdv · Jun 18th, 2009, 10:48

Speakers won't be damaged by x-rays.

Regarding declaring electronics, I know that - years ago (and why I stopped doing this, I'll never know) - I used to regularly go to an office at my home airport in order to register the electronics (Walkman and so on) that I was taking out of the country. I would be given a document listing the electronics I had.

The purpose of this was to have some proof that I had not bought the electronics while on holiday, thereby avoiding paying duty.

I don't know if there is still a need to do this, or if there is an equivalent practice (also, davef22, I would imagine that you are going to leave your car speakers in India, so this won't be an issue regarding that equipment - but it might be an issue for other electronic products you might have). I'm going to post a separate question about this.

Jun 6th, 2009, 02:30	#1
davef22 Member Join Date: May 2009 Location: FL, USA Posts: 72	Declare electronic items at Customs? I plan to get a pair of car speakers from the US and will be traveling to Chennai(India) shortly. Is this something I need to declare at customs and I plan to have this in the carry on luggage? The value of this item is roughly Rs 2500. Is it ok to pass this through the X-ray machine since you have speakers inside, wouldn't it cause any damage? Look forward to any experiences/suggestions from people out there. Thank you

Jun 6th, 2009, 03:06	#3
MonkeyBoy4u Senior Member Join Date: May 2009 Location: New Delhi Posts: 256	X-rays will not damage the car speakers. No need to declare they are very cheap. I guess you are allowed imports upto Rs 25000 plus 1 laptop and 2 litres of liquor. __________________ Two roads diverged in a wood, and I-- I took the one less traveled by, And that has made all the difference ~ Robert Frost

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Jun 6th, 2009, 02:43	#2
Happy2Travel Member Join Date: May 2009 Location: USA Posts: 26	I don't believe the X-Ray would cause any damage to the speaker (more of a guess than authoritative). Laptop/cellphone and camera go thru them at US airport don't they? I don't think there is a need to declare it (again more of a guess than authoritative) since I don't declare the laptop or my iPod given that they are valued $$$ more.

Jun 7th, 2009, 18:14	#6
MonkeyBoy4u Senior Member Join Date: May 2009 Location: New Delhi Posts: 256	I've been doing some more digging around this, the below link defines clearly the baggage rules for different types of passengers arriving in India. http://www.cbec.gov.in/customs/cs-ac...s/cs-rulef.htm Hope this link is of help !

Jun 18th, 2009, 10:48	#7
gvdv Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Canada Posts: 290	Speakers won't be damaged by x-rays. Regarding declaring electronics, I know that - years ago (and why I stopped doing this, I'll never know) - I used to regularly go to an office at my home airport in order to register the electronics (Walkman and so on) that I was taking out of the country. I would be given a document listing the electronics I had. The purpose of this was to have some proof that I had not bought the electronics while on holiday, thereby avoiding paying duty. I don't know if there is still a need to do this, or if there is an equivalent practice (also, davef22, I would imagine that you are going to leave your car speakers in India, so this won't be an issue regarding that equipment - but it might be an issue for other electronic products you might have). I'm going to post a separate question about this.