But that doesn't make any sense, as it has not yet left the country of origin. Duty and tax is due when it has crossed the border of the destination country.
This is UPS btw and I am a long time client of UPS, so there is plenty of credit/payment history to back up that tax/duty will be paid. I've received other shipments from Bitmain as well and as per normal I have received parcel and paid tax/duty as per invoice later.
It also doesn't compute that only one parcel has been stopped with this status....
Very strange this....
Got a mail from UPS now and after talking with them it appears that parcels above a certain value have to be pre-paid before delivery - this is new as I've received parcels with much higher value than this one and always gotten invoiced after delivery.
The mail contained excellent payment options, and credit cards accepted, so not really that bad once I got it explained.