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Old 06-25-2007, 05:48 PM
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I wouldn't think so. The reason being, we are in the middle of assessing what we are going to take home when we finish up here in the Middle East. The removal agent says that all our varnished, normal wooden furniture ... no problems bringing back to Aus, but anything that is not treated, or raw is a problem.
When we went back to Australia from Saudi, we had our fake trees taken from us. The actual stem was made from wood. We could pay $200 to have it treated, or it would be destroyed. We had it destroyed.
We also had to pay for a box of shoes to be treated.
They are very strict. Which is fair enough, I don't have a problem with that.
You could take the chance and buy it, but you must declare it ... and be prepared that it could be confiscated.
Sometimes a personal inspection of the item is all that is needed and you could be lucky enough to pass.
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