Service route: Beijing to New York;
Service Mode: Door to door moving one-stop service;
Case Overview: Mr. Du entrusted Hippo International to transport his furniture items from Beijing to New York, USA by sea.

New York, the first city of the United States, is a city that runs around the clock. Western classicism and modern civilization are intertwined here. The Times Square at night is always crowded with people coming and going, where wealth and dreams are nurtured, and freedom and unrestrained are waved. As a model of globalization, New York, together with London and Hong Kong, is known as "Nuremberg", one of the most expensive places in the world in terms of real estate, and one of the most densely populated places in the Western Hemisphere for Chinese.

Mr. Du, who lives in Beijing, needs to go to New York for a long time due to the special nature of his work. Language communication and food issues were not a problem for Mr. Du, but the accommodation issue really bothered Mr. Du. Originally, he only considered transporting the necessary work equipment, but then he heard from his Chinese friends that overseas furniture is very expensive and not easy to use, so it is more cost-effective to ship the old domestic furniture together. So Mr. Du chose to move most of his domestic furniture to New York. This increased the estimated volume from 5-6 cubic meters to nearly three rooms and one hall. Xipu then recommended him to directly pack a 20GP container and move the whole container by sea, with certain guarantee of time and safety.

After signing the contract of carriage, Mr. Du made an appointment for door-to-door packing service. The master began to fine-tune the packing of the items. Whether it is some big pieces of furniture, or small pieces of ornaments, books, etc., or even paintings, glasses, etc., all of them can be packed strictly. The following is the packing site:

The United States, as one of the developed countries, has a unique position in the world. There are better social living environment, education, medical care, etc. have attracted more and more Chinese people to move. But for many new immigrants do not know what to do? First immigrants moving to the United States to pay attention to what?

1.Immigrants moving to the United States customs duty-free policy

(1) The U.S. government provides that new immigrants or citizens residing overseas may bring into the United States duty-free items for personal use and personal property owned and used for more than 12 months in their place of residence.

(2) U.S. Customs requires brand new items or items used for less than 12 months to be declared on a Personal Baggage Entry Claim Form (Form 3299), after which Customs will assess duties based on the type and value of the item.

(3) Due to anti-terrorism needs, all items entering the U.S. must be declared to the U.S. Customs declaration system 48 hours after the ship leaves the shore to declare the AMS, 24 hours before the ship leaves the shore to declare the ISF, such as the declaration of the delay may generate a maximum of 5,000 U.S. dollars in fines.

2.Precautions for immigrants moving to the U.S.
(1) U.S. Customs for immigrants moving, basically no goods arrival time limit, as long as you hold a visa or green card in line with the provisions of the private goods can be handled for customs clearance.

(2) The U.S. Customs tariff for ordinary brand-new items is about 6%, but for brand-new textiles, bedding furniture, etc. will be levied anti-dumping duty, usually about 30-45%. Of course, personal luggage in the reasonable scope of self-use, appropriate to bring some brand-new items Customs often do not levy tariffs.

(3) The U.S. railroad system is very developed, with a large number of inland ports, but most of the items arriving in inland cities will choose to clear customs in Los Angeles (U.S. West) and New York (U.S. East), because the basic port of the clearance time will be much longer than the inland port.