Hi All,

http://www.infodriveindia.com/Notifications/Import-Policy-of-Toys-21819.aspx

This is the latest policy of importing toys to INDIA from China.I dint understand that up to what age group of toys ,they need the specific certificate to satisfy the customs.All our hobby products are above 14+ years of age.Can anyone help?

Regards,
Kalyan.

first hobby products are not toys. to clear the parcel from custom you have to find a midator or you can solve the problem yourself togive some money to them. no need of any type of certifecate.

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Quote from: chkalyan on November 21, 2010, 03:40:18 PM
they need the specific certificate to satisfy the customs

All items related to RC Flying except models & Tx rx falls under misc. items and never detained. however IC engines are a little tricky to import. anyways as i was saying all parts excluding above mentioned items will not create any problem for importer. now if u r importing models then the correct category is 95.3.8 (models incorporating a motor/engine) and that category is free to import. no certificate or duty is required.

Hello Everybody!

A few months back when i received my parcel from HK i found that there is indiapost tape sticked on the parcel, that means they have opened it without informing me.
After that i called to customs to confirm what happened exactly. The replied that customs may open your parcel if it is necessary for some security reasons.

Customs opened my hk450 heli's parcel too..Its their duty..

Guys, my worry started. Hyperion has sent me an 'Enigma' aircraft few days ago on EMS. Its still not updated after being dispatched from Japan. I suppose it is with our customs. And hyperion guy told that they declared the item as 'RC Hobby Parts'. After reading this thread, really I lost a lot of hope that it will be cleared.

Please help me out guys with some info. At least some links of phone numbers. I think our city (Vizag, AP) comes under jurisdiction of Chennai Customs.

Please somebody suggest me something guys, its really a legendary plane for me as that is a 'Prize' for designing its skin.

Please guys, please please please.

Please dont panic. Wait for a week or so and then do head for Chennai FPO and PAD. I recieved a Customs memo after the item was received 2 weeks back!! prepare a small Writeup and get a memo / price list (as it is a gift item).Look out for employment opportunities with Hyperion .

It is no wonder that pretty much every international seller says "Do NOT contact us about delayed/lost shipments until after 45 days".

Anwar Sahab,

They say it because most of the payments online are made using Paypal. As per paypal policy if there is a problem with some transaction, one can file a dispute/claim with paypal upto 45 days. after 45 days no claim is entertained. so most of the online sellers have 45 day rule.

or i might be wrong.

Quote from: ujjwaana on March 26, 2011, 12:09:17 AM
Please dont panic. Wait for a week or so and then do head for Chennai FPO and PAD. I recieved a Customs memo after the item was received 2 weeks back!! prepare a small Writeup and get a memo / price list (as it is a gift item).Look out for employment opportunities with Hyperion .

Mm. ok, you mean I need to go to Chennai? No possibility on calling them? What kind of write up should I prepare - explaining what had happened or something? And price list means?

Quote from: CrazyPilot on March 26, 2011, 08:16:46 AM
They say it because most of the payments online are made using Paypal.

Could be.  I did notice that the longest successful delivery for me into Qatar was about 40 days from Tower. After 30 days, I contacted them and they pointed me to this page :

http://www.towerhobbies.com/help/faqs.html

So it looks like the policy is country dependent, and not directly related to Paypal (at least for Tower).

Quote from: ujjwaana on March 26, 2011, 12:09:17 AM
Please dont panic. Wait for a week or so and then do head for Chennai FPO and PAD. 

Ujjwaaana.  EMS and FPO are different entities. They may or may not be in the same place. In Mumbai FPO is in town, EMS near the domestic airport, 30 kMs away. Not sure about Chennai.

Quote from: ujjwaana on March 26, 2011, 12:09:17 AM
Please dont panic. Wait for a week or so and then do head for Chennai FPO and PAD. I recieved a Customs memo after the item was received 2 weeks back!! prepare a small Writeup and get a memo / price list (as it is a gift item).Look out for employment opportunities with Hyperion .

I dont understand what you said, can you please explain a bit on what to do exactly?

Please guys, need help. Somebody with some contact numbers (functional) of Chennai Customs to inquire about my detained parcel? Somebody guys with something?
Really need help. It worth a million dollar to me.

guys please help, I cant start a new thread to attract peoples attention, I am restricted to stick to this thread only. please help.

Your thought process is wrong. Everyone is reading the forum using either "Recent Posts", "Recent Topics" or "Unread Posts".  Whether it is a new topic, or post in an existing topic, they will see it.

The reason people are not responding is most likely because they don't have the information, or the people with the information have not logged in.  Your chances would be much higher if you had tried to contact some senior folks here who are confirmed to be from Chennai via PM, instead of thinking a new topic will solve your issue.  PMs would get delivered to people via emails, so even if they are not logging in, they might get your message.

oh thank you.

So looks like you did get it without issues ?

http://www.rcindia.org/electric-planes/my-enigma-a-little-show-off!/

Oh yeah anwar, I got it, I thanked Mr. Sai too in that thread for encouraging me to be stable during the time in customs.
Thanks to RC india.

It is Allowed...And you can Buy it...

Can anybody tell me that the ETA is required for wireless mic - transreceiver?/ this is operating in freq. 180 to 270MHz.??