bringing minimig into US from amigakit in UK

[kamiga]

I ordered a minimig from amigakit that is shipping from the UK to me in the US.

Fedex contacted me to ask what a "minimig" was.  For a lack of a better description, I told fedex it was a computer.  They now want me to fill out US FCC form 740.

http://www.fcc.gov/Forms/Form740/740.pdf

Any clue what the right way to navigate this bureaucratic bs is?

The form asks for a Harmonized Tariff Number, FCC ID, etc etc.

Thanks

[kamiga]

Just to wrap this up cleanly.

Fedex had contacted me because they were trying to "pre-clear" the box through customs.  IE, trying to get the box cleared customs BEFORE it actually arrived at the destination port.

I don't think "pre-clearance" is _required_, but I think fedex does it when they have to turn a package around quickly to send it back out on a plane.

I believe my package failed to be pre-cleared, and as a result, missed the outbound plane -- and so was cleared normally (and customs had access to the physical box, and the FCC form)  It shipped out on a flight the next day, which meant it was delivered to me a day late.  No big deal.


Incidentally, I think amigakit is using an old Harmonized Tariff Number, because the current HTS does not list the number they are using.  A friend of mine, who does this stuff for a living (who is also technical) said that they likely should be using "8471.49.0000"

http://www.usitc.gov/tata/hts/ (if you are really bored...)

FYI if anyone runs into it