@mcrose that's awful! We got hit with something like that before. It WAs going to the US though. Customs chose to scan the container that our things were in. It cost us $200, which I'm guess means a cost of approx $1200 if you had the whole container! It's called the VACIS exam. I wonder is there a WAy to reduce your chances of being selected. e.g. route it takes, how many shipments are in the container etc. Could be worth looking in to for your WAy home in a few years time... There's an interesting thread on it the VACIS here. Needless to say people are qu ...