ATA Carnets Critical to Coronation Coverage

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The coronation of His Majesty King Charles III and Her Majesty the Queen Consort will take place on May 6, 2023, at Westminster Abbey in London.  Festivities throughout the three-day weekend feature two formal processions, the ceremony at Westminster, an all-star concert at Windsor Castle, and a bank holiday Monday May 8 called for volunteering throughout the U.K.  The ceremony at Westminster Abbey is expected to be attended by 2,000 guests with thousands of spectators lining the streets.  For an event of this magnitude, the world will be watching.  The BBC projects a potential worldwide television audience viewership to be in the hundreds of millions.  News crews, broadcasters, television networks, and independent media outlets will soon converge upon England in staggering numbers for this event and ATA Carnets will play a key role in getting the valuable broadcast equipment there efficiently.

The ATA Carnet is an internationally accepted customs document for temporarily exported merchandise or goods.  It allows cross border movement of those goods import-duty and -tax free into 87+ carnet countries and territories for up to a year.  The ATA Carnet is known as the “Merchandise Passport” for boomerang freight®.  The ATA Carnet is well-known in the Film/TV and Media Industry.  They are used to avoid the import-duty and -taxes on expensive cameras, broadcasting equipment, lenses, microphones, computer technology, antennas, telecommunication devices, and other essential gear into and out of countries when covering breaking news or a newsworthy event like the coronation.  ATA Carnets also provide ease when Clearing Customs.  You don’t want your equipment held at Customs when you are on assignment.

Boomerang carnets® provides ATA Carnets in the U.S., as well as through our partners at the Liverpool Chamber of Commerce in the U.K.  With our 36 years in the carnet business, we have the experience and expertise Film/TV and Media professionals have come to rely upon.  Your deadlines are real and boomerang carnets has a number of services to expedite your ATA Carnet application:

• QuickList electronic equipment list importation into the carnet application.
• Online application services with account information defaults.
• Online application services with cloning of prior applications.

Boomerang carnets currently offers affordable Same Day Carnet Service in Chicago, New York City, Dallas, Los Angeles, Miami, and U.K. locations.  ATA Carnets can also be shipped by overnight service to anywhere in the U.S.

Boomerang’s Carnet Specialists offer expert customer service.  We are here to assist you 24/7, just call the Carnet HelpLine® 1-800-ATA-2900 |1-800-282-2900 or email us.  Also, if you want to ship by cargo, Boomerang has freight forwarder partners who can deliver your carnet to you, as well as handle your freight. Ask about our Boomerang Freight® Solutions service when you call or email us.

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