Subject: Dutiable Value Amendment
From: Subir Chakma <[email-masked]>
To: Ratnam Sharma <[email-masked]>, Raj Kumar <[email-masked]>, Ankit Verma <[email-masked]>, Manmohan Singh <[email-masked]>, Sumit Gogia <[email-masked]>, Anas Mohammad <[email-masked]>, Upasna Shukla <[email-masked]>, "Raj S. Rawat" <[email-masked]>, Nitin Gupta <[email-masked]>, Devendra Madan <[email-masked]>, Amandeep Jangra <[email-masked]>, Alok Kumar <[email-masked]>, Sanjay Dutt <[email-masked]>, Vivian Guo <[email-masked]>, Ibrahim Usmani <[email-masked]>, "Kaeiara Blythe R. Delfino" <[email-masked]>, Gelna
Date: Wed, 26 Feb 2014 13:15:09 +0530 (IST)

Hello team, 

We have been reviewing some cases regarding value amendments and we would like to clarify some issues. As advised, the main purpose of the procedure in place (checking in google, comparing values on the invoice and seller’s site etc) is avoiding cases like the Lenovo Pad (from USD699 to USD129). 

However, there are cases where we are refusing amending values due to a discrepancy of USD15-USD20, even when the customer has provided with the invoices and explained that the item was on sales. Examples: 

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1ZA85R670301386033 - ERGObaby (USD15 as per the invoice- we refused amendment because at seller’s site it was USD25), 
1Z78VA640349092062 license plate (USD24.90 as per the invoice- we refused amendment because at seller’s site it was USD 34.95) 

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Invoice states a reasonable price of USD172.39 although right now seller’s site shows USD225. 

What we want to avoid is unreasonable declared values, but a discrepancy of USD25 does not usually make a difference and we delay customer’s release. W hen there is a discrepancy around USD50 between seller’s site and the invoice provided, and customer claims the item was on sales, we may go ahead and amend the value (please note that we are referring to the values that have been estimated in our system). We could also check Duty deminimis to confirm if the amendment actually   makes any big difference. 

Thank you, 
Julia&Ljubica 

Regards 
Subir