Pickup & Packing

The Importer must tell Kef at least two weeks before pickup:

• Addresses, dates, and times of day you want pickups.
• Description and quantity of goods that:
  1. Need professional packing (furniture, dishes..)
  2. You will pack yourselves--how many boxes to drop-off.
  3. Require special packing or crating.
  4. You want to store in Israel--and list of goods to be delivered.
  5. You are delivering or mailing to the shipper.
  6. May need certificates of origin.

An invoice marked "Made in the USA" (or " Made in Europe" for goods of European origin) is necessary in order to obtain a certificate of origin. Only with this certificate can you receive tax privileges based on the free trade or common market agreements. It is the Importer's responsibility to supply such invoices and request the certificate from Kef.

If you would like:

• A surveyor to provide a free, nonbinding volume estimate.
• To store goods in the USA/Canada.
• A letter to avoid USA/Canadian tax.

In order to estimate the volume of your goods on your own:

1. multiply measurements in inches height times width times depth
2. divide by 1250 for cubic footage after packing and crating

This means that crating and packing adds 40% to unpacked goods. Crating alone adds 25%.

A numbered packing list--including description of apparent defects in your goods--must be made up by the shipper and presented to customs. It is the Importers responsibility to make sure this is done; it is not enough to make your own list.

For goods you pack yourself (PBO=Packed By Owner) you must make another detailed, numbered list. We recommend using room codes and numbers, such as LR1 for the first living room box. Use both the shippers and your own lists to check inventory upon delivery and to prove to the insurance company that everything was shipped.

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