Misdeclared packages to US Customs - what happens? | Selling

itolduandso · 2025-09-20T14:25:35.201000Z

I swapped labels on a few packages by mistake. So US buyers received wrong items. Fortunately in my case, all items have been same category and made in different the EU countries, and have similar price (just under 10 dollars value difference each).Fortunately, in all cases, US customs let packages go. They went through different points of entry and spent 1 week in customs. All clear without issues. Swapping labels happened to me once in a few years and I dread that happening so I am extra careful but it still happens. But I wonder what would happen if they were different value, different category, so totally misrepresented. Would the items go back to me? Would US Customs issue some warning to me? Would there be fines? Extra customs to be paid?

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