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<p>[QUOTE="calcol, post: 3304934, member: 77639"]Customs doesn't have to inspect everything either ... at least, nothing more than a cursory glance. I do enough international travel to know this is so ... at least with regard to carry-on and personal items. Don't know about checked bags. I'm talking about regular customs; ag inspection by USDA is more thorough. I've seen airline crew get nailed for trying to bring in prohibited food items.</p><p><br /></p><p>So, hard to say whether customs would let things pile up or pass through more items with only cursory inspection. I would guess the path of least grief for supervisors and managers is the latter. They won't get many complaints if a few more prohibited items or items on which they should collect duty slip through. They will hear from importers if their goods are held up.</p><p><br /></p><p>Cal[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="calcol, post: 3304934, member: 77639"]Customs doesn't have to inspect everything either ... at least, nothing more than a cursory glance. I do enough international travel to know this is so ... at least with regard to carry-on and personal items. Don't know about checked bags. I'm talking about regular customs; ag inspection by USDA is more thorough. I've seen airline crew get nailed for trying to bring in prohibited food items. So, hard to say whether customs would let things pile up or pass through more items with only cursory inspection. I would guess the path of least grief for supervisors and managers is the latter. They won't get many complaints if a few more prohibited items or items on which they should collect duty slip through. They will hear from importers if their goods are held up. Cal[/QUOTE]
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