EasyCarnet | Avoid Tariffs, ATA Carnet
Avoid Tariffs While Traveling Abroad with ATA Carnet.
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Avoid Tariffs While Traveling Abroad with ATA Carnet.
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Save thousands on tariffs, taxes & duties with your ATA Carnet. Travel internationally across 90+ countries with film, instruments, equipment, jewelry & more. No Tariffs. No Hassle at Customs. ATA Carnet is trusted by thousands of film professionals, touring musicians, photographers, service providers & exhibition organizers worldwide. Same-day processing. Expert guidance. Incredibly easy.
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Hey Product Hunters! 👋 I'm Micah, Founder of EasyCarnet.com.
Living in Los Angeles, you're surrounded by people who move gear for a living — cinematographers, touring musicians, live event crews. And over the years, I've heard enough border horror stories to know this problem is very real.
❗Two days stuck at an airport in cargo
A cinematographer I know was shooting a commercial in Italy. His equipment got flagged at Milan Malpensa because the values on his paperwork didn't match the serial numbers in the system. Two days stuck in an airport cargo office. Missed the first shoot day. The production company ate the cost of rebooking the entire crew. His reputation took a hit he's still recovering from.
❗$80,000 bill in back tariffs
And even carnets can go sideways if they're not handled right. A deep-sea diving company went through a large issuing bringing equipment abroad. One counterfoil wasn't stamped correctly at a border crossing. Nobody caught it. Six months later: an $80,000 bill in back tariffs and penalties because one country's customs authority decided the gear was never officially re-exported. One missed stamp. Eighty thousand dollars. It nearly broke his business.
This is exactly what EasyCarnet exists to prevent. We help professionals easily get an ATA Carnet — think of it like a passport for your equipment — that lets you temporarily import gear into 90+ countries without paying tariffs, taxes or duties at each border. Existing solutions feel like they were designed to intimidate you. Old technology, dense paperwork, confusing requirements, phone calls to offices. The whole process assumed you already knew what you were doing. So we set out to build something dead-simple.
1) Upload your gear list and tell us where you're headed
2) We have experts review & process your Carnet
3) Next day, your documents are shipped to your home or office.
Plus, you get clear instructions, airport maps & a clear understanding of border crossing.
Perfect for:
Film & TV crews 🎬 · Touring musicians 🎸 · Broadcast & live events 📡 · Motorsport teams 🏎️ & more.
Have you or someone you know had a nightmare at the border with gear? Drop it in the comments.
— Micah Cohen, EasyCarnet.com ✈️ 🛃
Spectacles
I had no idea a carnet was even a thing until I was already deep into planning an international trip with gear. Found EasyCarnet at the last minute, reached out stressed, and Micah walked me through the whole process and got it sorted fast. Documents arrived before I left, zero issues at customs.
Highly recommend!
Very useful service to handle this quickly/easily and online, especially if you're unfamiliar with the process (as I was). Can save you a bunch, and ensure you don't have issues getting your equipment through customs