Just for me with shipments from DHL they asked for a detailed description of the product, this is what I told them:


There should be no import taxes or fees for tech equipment in the US unlike just about every other country which is good for us and honestly I think it was the big box stores like Walmart, Best Buy, Frys, etc that have enough money to lobby to keep tech imports tax free.  IMHO I honestly think that it is also the great leverage that China has with US with them holding many of our bonds and also being the main tech exporter to USA that also keeps the tech imports tax free.

Try importing anything else... there is as much of a pain and taxes as any other country.  In fact there are many things that have import restrictions and quotas, for something as simple as importing candy for example, if it may have Almonds (or any other agricultural product) in them and it is being imported in a large enough volume to compete with local agriculture they will pose a restriction, even if they are not even whole and just as a part of the candy.  Lots of PIA paperwork, taxes, regulations, etc.  Our fine bureaucracy at work, if this was the case with tech no one but large companies would be able to get any foreign technology so in a way this "relationship" with China and other tech producing countries in Asia is still good for the little guy, hope it stays that way.