Need advice/guidance on shipping components to South Africa.

[DLSJR]

I have a long-time close friend who is going to be moving permanently from the USA back to South Africa. The question they need help with is what laws or rules govern shipping back their reloading components. They’ve got a large menagerie of “stuff”…. Bullets, brass, powder, primers, rifle barrels, reloading tools including dies, etc. husband was a gunsmith and total “Gun-nut”. Now they’re dealing with decades of him accumulating stuff and wondering the best way to take it to Africa, specifically South Africa.

I’m hoping the collective experience and wisdom from this group can help me in pointing them in the right direction.

 

[farmer_john]

I have a long-time close friend who is going to be moving permanently from the USA back to South Africa. The question they need help with is what laws or rules govern shipping back their reloading components. They’ve got a large menagerie of “stuff”…. Bullets, brass, powder, primers, rifle barrels, reloading tools including dies, etc. husband was a gunsmith and total “Gun-nut”. Now they’re dealing with decades of him accumulating stuff and wondering the best way to take it to Africa, specifically South Africa.

I’m hoping the collective experience and wisdom from this group can help me in pointing them in the right direction.

I think your problem will be primer and powders./ any other hazardus materials. Id just recomend getting that in country.
Bullets and brass prolly not an issue.


And barrels and stuff some countries treat the barrel like we do a reciever.

But where id start for usa side. Is itars restricted items and find out if those are on it.

Second id do the same on import side for SA

 

[DLSJR]

We expect primers and powder to be difficult and probably impossible to export/import. Biggest interest will be bullets and brass.

The barrels, along with some rifles, will be an ‘interesting’ issue for sure.

 

[farmer_john]

Quick google search came up with....

Exporting rifle brass from the USA requires adherence to strict U.S. government export control regulations, primarily managed by the Department of Commerce's Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) and the Department of State's Directorate of Defense Trade Controls (DDTC). An export license is generally required to ship rifle brass overseas.

Key Requirements

• Export License: The U.S. government considers rifle and pistol brass (even once-fired and unprimed) as a controlled item, often requiring an export license. The specific type of license needed depends on the classification of the item under either the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) or the Export Administration Regulations (EAR).
• Registered Exporter: In most cases, you must work with a U.S. company that is a registered exporter with the appropriate government departments (DDTC or BIS). Individual, non-commercial exports are difficult to manage without a licensed third party.