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DENNIS
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| Quote: | Originally posted by k-rico
I'll try to find out the rules about importing lumber. I need to go to the border next week to find out about importing my truck, so I'll add lumber
to the list and post what I find out.
Anybody seen 3/4 T&G or shiplap cedar siding in Mex? I've seen the T&G used as roofing in a couple houses in La Mision. Wonder where they got
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Might be best to know the specifics about the wood. Type...size..etc.
The only TG panels I've seen here are OSB. Never have seen Shiplap Siding in 3/4 inch. Ask customs about that too.
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monoloco
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| Quote: | Originally posted by k-rico
I'll try to find out the rules about importing lumber. I need to go to the border next week to find out about importing my truck, so I'll add lumber
to the list and post what I find out.
Anybody seen 3/4 T&G or shiplap cedar siding in Mex? I've seen the T&G used as roofing in a couple houses in La Mision. Wonder where they got
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Thanks, I'd really like to know, I have a bunch of cherry and quilted maple that I want to bring down
and make cabinets out of. I am really surprised that nobody carries cedar here with the termite/polillo problems we have. Maybe that's a good idea
for a business. I did build some things out of some national cedar that I thought was Spanish cedar but it was a bug magnet.
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DENNIS
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Sure would like to find an array of Redwood down here. But.........
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k-rico
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| Quote: | Originally posted by DENNIS
| Quote: | Originally posted by k-rico
I'll try to find out the rules about importing lumber. I need to go to the border next week to find out about importing my truck, so I'll add lumber
to the list and post what I find out.
Anybody seen 3/4 T&G or shiplap cedar siding in Mex? I've seen the T&G used as roofing in a couple houses in La Mision. Wonder where they got
it. |
Might be best to know the specifics about the wood. Type...size..etc.
The only TG panels I've seen here are OSB. Never have seen Shiplap Siding in 3/4 inch. Ask customs about that too. |
I'm looking for 6" x 16' T&G cedar boards, maybe 4/4, not panels. I know, good luck.
[Edited on 1-30-2010 by k-rico]
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Pacifico
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K-Rico,
See this post:
http://forums.bajanomad.com/viewthread.php?tid=39270#pid4245...
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DENNIS
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| Quote: | Originally posted by k-rico
I know, good luck.
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That pretty much says it all. 
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k-rico
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thanks!
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torch
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yea there are some good lumber yards down there. but I already have alot of free wood on the side of my house that I'd like to take down but dont want
to get turned around again.
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| Quote: | Originally posted by torch
yea there are some good lumber yards down there. but I already have alot of free wood on the side of my house that I'd like to take down but dont want
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To lessen the chance of being turned around you would have to use a broker for the wood. I've heard that they require a "fumigation certificate" for
imported wood. You can do it, it's just a bit of a hassle.
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torch
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yea the fumigation cert would be classic for my stack of wood (all different sizes and lengths colors etc.. (free) I wish I had a ton of $ I'd just
hire a local builder and get going, but I'm an electrican by trade and like doing things myself because i can but I might have to get over it and just
buy new or used lumber down there
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monoloco
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I can't see why they would need a fumigation certificate in a country with about every known wood boring insect.
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DENNIS
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| Quote: | Originally posted by monoloco
boring insect. |
The "Boring Insect" is the customs agent that insists on spraying your load of wood with water.
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The Mexican Customs Rules & Regulations, have been in effect for a very long time. They are not new.
However - inforcement is something else all together.
We have "danced" with Mexican Customs for some 20 years and enforcement has been different every time.
Here is a good website for Mexico Customs Info.........
http://www.aduanas.sat.gob.mx/aduana_mexico/2008/pasajeros/1...
The limit per person is still only $300.00 if anyone exceeds $1000.00 you need a broker. Anything less you pay there at the border. The above link is
still current.
What can I bring in duty free?
The items allowed in your personal luggage, according to the length of your trip
Up to 75 USD per person in permitted goods, or its equivalent in other currencies. Passengers traveling with family members (spouse and children) may
combine their personal exemptions only when arriving together on the same vehicle. In order to claim this additional exemption, passengers must have
the corresponding commercial invoices or receipts available
The $75 is extra duty free allowed in your luggage...............So It's $300.00 + $75 with luggage or $375 per person. or $850.00 a couple.
Hope that helped clear up the $75.
That being said, in August 2009 there was an Associated Press article stating that all Mexican Customs inspectors had been replaced by a new, highly
educated staff to better enforce Customs rules & regulations.
I would be happy to post it if anyone wants to read it.
A posting on Baja Pony Express last fall...can't remember who posted it... spoke of being turned around at TJ because they had "too much stuff" - they
had receipts for everything. They were told to go cross at Otay - the commercial port of entry. They entered back into the US,went to Otay and went
in the declare line - with their receipts - were inspected, paid the required duty and they were on their way. They didn't go through a broker.
Would like to hear of any recent - in the last month or so - TJ, Otay or Tacate border crossings, with the "new" Mexican Customs inspectors.
Or should the subject of "border crossings" be in a different thread...Dennis?
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DENNIS
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| Quote: | Originally posted by fuelpusher2
$375 per person. or $850.00 a couple.
Or should the subject of "border crossings" be in a different thread...Dennis? |
I'm pretty much a slob when it comes to posting in the proper place so, I don't know. Ask David. David knows everything about thread etiquette.
Anyway....I'm just wondering if the extra hundred dollars is a tip for enduring the nagging wife.
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