Carry the laptop with you and declare it: your federal Customs duty is $0; shipping it separately can trigger a 10% or 12.5% origin-based surcharge.

§ 148.52(a)–(c)

Furniture, carpets, paintings, tableware, books, libraries, and other usual household furnishings and effects actually used abroad for not less than 1 year by resident or nonresidents, and not intended for any other person or for sale may be allowed entry free of duty and tax under subheading 9804.00.05, Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (19 U.S.C. 1202). In order to obtain free entry for household effects under this section, the use of the effects abroad for 1 year must be proven to the satisfaction of the port director.

The rate of duty will be Free.

Notice of action and effective-date provisions

The tariff proposals in each investigation included exemptions for certain goods, including informational materials, donations, accompanied baggage, all articles and parts of articles subject to tariffs under Section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962, and certain products identified in Annex A to the June 5, 2026 FRN. Consistent with the specific direction of the President, for an economy that imposes a forced labor import prohibition, has committed to impose and enforce such a prohibition through an Agreement on Reciprocal Trade (ART), or has imposed a partial regime with the effect of preventing the importation of certain forced labor goods, the Trade Representative has determined 10 percent is the appropriate rate of Section 301 duties, with specific economies subject to a 10 percent rate net of a product's most-favored-nation (MFN) duty. Consistent with the specific direction of the President, in the investigations of all other economies, the Trade Representative has determined to impose a tariff rate of 12.5 percent on goods of each such economy, unless otherwise exempted from this action.

§ 148.13(b), (d)

The person arriving in the United States shall complete the information required by Customs Form 6059-B and shall list all articles acquired abroad which are in his possession at the time of arrival. The price actually paid for the article in the currency of purchase, or its equivalent in U.S. currency; or

§ 148.18(a)

Any article in the baggage of a passenger arriving from a foreign country which is not declared as required by this subpart shall be seized if it is available for seizure at the time the violation is detected, and the personal penalty prescribed by section 497, Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1497), shall be demanded from the passenger.

§§ 127.11, 127.14(b), 127.21

Any entered or unentered merchandise (except merchandise under section 557, Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (19 U.S.C. 1557), but including merchandise entered for transportation in bond or for exportation) which remains in Customs custody for 6 months from the date of importation or a lesser period for special merchandise as provided by § 127.28(c), (d), and (h), and without all estimated duties and storage or other charges having been paid, shall be considered unclaimed and abandoned. Merchandise subject to sale (except merchandise abandoned under section 506(1) or 563(b), Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (19 U.S.C. 1506(1), 1563(b))), may be entered or withdrawn for consumption at any time prior to the sale upon payment of the duties, any internal revenue tax, and all charges and expenses that may have accrued thereon.

Part IV

Foreign household effects acquired abroad and used less than one year. Personal effects acquired abroad.

Instructions, pages 1–2

Florida law imposes a 6 percent use tax on out-of-state purchases if sales tax was not paid at the time of purchase. Use tax generally applies to items purchased outside Florida, including another country, that are brought or delivered into this state and would have been taxed if purchased in Florida. You cannot claim credit for tax paid in a foreign country. The tax is due on the first day of the month following the quarter in which purchases are made and is late after the 20th.