[BillyCoxDodgers3B]

One nice thing about sending Topps cards from another country TO the U.S. is the fact that each of them clearly states that they were made in the USA. There is no way that any entity can deny this, nor can they hardly charge a tariff on an American made product re-entering its own country of origin. At least that's what logical people would think. Logic isn't always at the forefront of all these recent harebrained happenings, so this is what I have been doing:

I stick each card in a penny sleeve, then a top loader, taping the top loader face down against the protective cardboard so that if Customs opens it, they will see the back of the card. On each penny sleeve, I boldly circle where it says the country of manufacture, then write "MADE IN USA!", with arrows pointing to it, just in case they are completely blind or failing to pay attention. On the declaration forms, I declare as "Trading cards (Made in USA)" for good measure. For Country of Manufacture: "United States". I would definitely wish to not use the phrase "Trading cards", but the courier companies have been giving me grief over the vagueness of simply stating "Cards". I wish they would just let me make that decision and roll my own dice, but that's how it is right now. "Cards" worked for the longest time. I don't wish to use "Ephemera" due to general unfamiliarity with that term. "Printed matter" seems too much of a grey area, so I've stayed away from that one as well.

The HS code you need to use when filling out customs forms for U.S.-made cards is 4911.99.0000 At least this is what has worked for me on the first couple of shipments thus far. No issues.