1, bedclothes
You can buy quilts and pillows when you arrive. After all, they take up too much space, but if you are used to sleeping with silk quilts and wheat bran pillows, you'd better take them with you. Bedsheets, quilt covers, pillow towels and pillowcases can all be brought. No mattress. The mattress is used here. Towels and quilts can be taken for summer use. Whether you bring a quilt or not, it is recommended to bring a quilt, because there are few choices of quilts here and they are more expensive than ordinary quilts.
But when preparing quilts and sheets, be careful to buy bigger ones, because there are only four sizes of beds in America. Except that the narrow double bed is equivalent to a single bed, the full size is almost equivalent to a double bed in China, while the large size and extra large size are larger.
2. Kitchen utensils
Whether you can cook before or not, you have to do it yourself when you come to the United States, and kitchen utensils are essential. Although these things can be bought in the United States, high-quality microwave oven boxes, chopsticks, kitchen knives, fruit knives, rolling pins, spatulas, thin chopping boards and tools for sharpening knives are all small in size, but things that will definitely be used in the future can be brought.
As for the pressure cooker, you can also buy it here. Don't bring a rice cooker. Voltage and frequency do not match. If your cooking is still in the learning stage, you can bring one or two popular recipes. Cooked food and seeds must not be brought.
3. Electronic products
Large electrical appliances, such as computers and televisions, are cheaper in the United States than in China. However, small appliances, such as computer accessories, are much more expensive in the United States, but don't bring anything that needs external power supply, because the electricity in the United States is 1 10V/60Hz, which is incompatible with the domestic 220V/50Hz. Suggested things include: a network cable length, a telephone line, headphones, a mouse and a mouse pad. If you want to video chat with family and friends in the future, you need to bring a camera and headphones.
Alarm clocks, watches and electric razors for boys can also be considered according to their own needs. In addition, it is worth mentioning that you should never bring pirated CDs, especially the cover of CDs and English operating systems. If it is found by the customs, the fine will be heavier than you think. But it's safer to bring a mobile hard disk.
4, toiletries
Toothbrush, toothpaste, towel, bath towel, bath ball, rag, nail clipper, ear spoon, pin, comb, small mirror, etc.
As for liquid products such as shower gel, hair gel and skin care products, they may be confiscated at the customs for safety reasons. If you plan to bring it, you need to know the relevant regulations at that time in advance.
5, entertainment supplies
If you like the following items, you need to bring these things: China chess, table tennis racket, table tennis in the United States is still very backward, so the racket is also very simple; Badminton, which is usually made of plastic, is very expensive. You can also bring other things if you are used to it. Besides, you can also bring some small ornaments or gifts with China characteristics, which can be used when decorating your new home in the future and given to international friends who have helped you a lot.
Because there are many kinds of articles that are not allowed to be brought into the country by the US Customs, it is necessary to truthfully declare food, medicinal materials, fruits, seeds, etc. Bring it into the country when filling out the declaration form. If the customs officers specifically ask if they have anything with them when they leave the customs, you'd better answer truthfully, and don't take any chances and get away with it. Because customs officers will conduct spot checks, they will be fined once they find that they are carrying prohibited items. Usually, fruits, vegetables, meat and other items are strictly inspected by the customs, mainly from the perspective of epidemic prevention.
Composition:
Beef, pork, chickens and ducks can be brought in cooked, but not eaten raw. However, this is not absolute. Recently, a tourist from China was fined for carrying Nanjing salted duck. Seafood can be brought into America raw and cooked, but hairy crabs can't. Whether raw or cooked, the internal organs of animals are not allowed to be brought into the United States, and so are eggs. Canned food and all kinds of fruits are strictly prohibited from being brought into the United States. Cooked peanuts are allowed, but raw peanuts are not allowed. All kinds of seeds, including vegetables and fruits, are not allowed to be brought into America. Articles that cannot be brought into the United States include: floss, medicated wine, moon cakes, bird's nest, dairy products (including milk, instant milk tea, toffee, dairy dessert, cheese and cheese products), bacon, ham and beef jerky.
Can instant noodles be brought into America? Yes in principle, but not those with meat.
Officials of the US Customs and Border Protection once told the media that if you want to bring agricultural products and food into the United States, you must buy products with packaging labels. In addition to indicating the ingredients, it is also necessary to indicate the place of origin so that officials can determine whether it is contraband. If there is no mark on the food package, officials will think it is contraband and confiscate it. People are also not allowed to bring unfinished meals on the plane into the United States.
Articles that people from China and China often bring into the United States from China, such as bird's nest, velvet antler, purple glutinous rice, peanuts and rapeseed, are mostly not allowed to be brought into the United States. Chinese people regard bird's nest as an advanced tonic. However, American border officials believe that the food formed by these bird secretions is likely to carry avian influenza virus, so it is forbidden to enter the customs. Pilose antler is often regarded as an aphrodisiac food by Chinese people, but this kind of food is likely to introduce the virus into the United States, so it is also prohibited from entering the customs. People in China often think that purple glutinous rice, which can enrich blood, is not allowed to enter the customs.
Plants:
You can bring it into America, but you need a quarantine certificate. Chinese medicine products can be brought into the United States, but they must be non-parasitic plants. Precious Chinese herbal medicines such as snake gall, leopard bone and tiger skin are prohibited from being brought into the United States as protected animals. Parasitic plants such as rabbit silk and Dendrobium are also banned, and dried tangerine peel as a traditional Chinese medicine is also banned.
Drugs:
US Customs and Border Protection officials also warned that not all drugs produced abroad have been certified by the Federal Food and Drug Administration, so they should not be brought into the United States. If passengers need to take it, the drugs they carry should be limited to the journey.
In addition, insects are not allowed to be brought into the United States except specimens.
According to a local Chinese media in the United States, before the Spring Festival, the number of tourists from China who brought all kinds of food into the United States increased greatly. Based on the past data, the US Customs and Border Protection compiled a list to classify flights from Chinese mainland, Hongkong and Taiwan Province provinces as high-risk and low-risk groups respectively. If flights from high-risk groups arrive, a large number of officials will be sent to check passengers' luggage to prevent plants and animals in the United States from being infected. Inspection focuses on animals and plants, food, fruits, viruses and counterfeit products (counterfeit products include clothing, audio-visual products, etc.). The fine can be as high as thousands or even tens of thousands of dollars) to protect American intellectual property rights and the local ecological environment from being affected.