What needs to be declared when going through customs?
What Do I Have to Declare at U.S. Customs?
Plants, seeds, food, fruit, vegetables, insects.
Meat, animals or animal products.
Disease agents, cell cultures, snails.
Soil, or if you have been on a farm, ranch, or pasture.
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Travelers should declare all items being brought from abroad that will remain in the United States. This includes gifts and duty-free purchases. Goods purchased in a duty-free shop are not automatically free of duty upon your return to the United States.
You may take home vacuum-packed cheeses; dried herbs, spices, or mushrooms; and canned fruits or vegetables, including jams and vegetable spreads. Baked goods, candy, chocolate, oil, vinegar, mustard, and honey are OK. Fresh fruits and vegetables (even that banana from your airplane breakfast) are not permitted.
Yes, according to US CBP officers, you should declare it as food. I bring chocolate every time I fly from Europe. Generally what happens next is they ask what exactly you are bringing, you say chocolate and they let you go.
(4) No addition shall be made to the price actually paid or payable in determining the value of the imported goods except as provided for in this rule.
Solid food items (not liquids or gels) can be transported in either your carry-on or checked bags. Liquid or gel food items larger than 3.4 oz are not allowed in carry-on bags and should be placed in your checked bags if possible.
The kiosk will then display a customs declaration screen. All travelers entering the U.S., including Global Entry members, must complete a declaration. With Global Entry, you do not need to complete the paper Customs Declaration form 6059B before arrival.
Explanation: Rule 5 (b) deals with other types of containers and packing materials. These should be classified with the goods they contain if they are of a kind normally used for packing such goods and are not suitable for repetitive use.
Explanation: Rule 2 (a) deals with the classification of unfinished, incomplete, unassembled or disassembled goods. Unfinished and incomplete goods can be classified under the same Heading as the same goods in a finished state provided that they have the essential character of the complete or finished article.