CutMonkey
Rough_Rock
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- Jun 5, 2003
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Spinning off a new topic from the JP Customer Service thread at the suggestion of @munchee.
Does anyone know if there are import tarifs / duties when importing:
1) loose diamonds (finished, not rough), and/or
2) Rings with precious metals (gold/silver/platinum) and/or diamonds to the U.S. from Singapore?? If anyone has done this recently, I'd love for you to share your experience.
From a cursory Google search, it appears that there is a Singapore-United States Free Trade Agreement, which, as far as I can tell, eliminates virtually all tarifs on imports/exports in either direction. Does anyone know whether this is true.
I did ask JP about this when I contact them previously, and their initial reply was that in their experience, customs duties were around 5%. I have reached out to them to ask if this is also true for loose diamonds, rather than finished rings, and am waiting to hear their response.
Given the free-trade agreement, it seems like potentially their shouldn't be any tarifs at all though. I would love to jear directly from anyone with first hand experience or expertise in this subject.
Does anyone know if there are import tarifs / duties when importing:
1) loose diamonds (finished, not rough), and/or
2) Rings with precious metals (gold/silver/platinum) and/or diamonds to the U.S. from Singapore?? If anyone has done this recently, I'd love for you to share your experience.
From a cursory Google search, it appears that there is a Singapore-United States Free Trade Agreement, which, as far as I can tell, eliminates virtually all tarifs on imports/exports in either direction. Does anyone know whether this is true.
I did ask JP about this when I contact them previously, and their initial reply was that in their experience, customs duties were around 5%. I have reached out to them to ask if this is also true for loose diamonds, rather than finished rings, and am waiting to hear their response.
Given the free-trade agreement, it seems like potentially their shouldn't be any tarifs at all though. I would love to jear directly from anyone with first hand experience or expertise in this subject.