An ATA carnet list for camera gear, built from your records.
Pick a kit, a shoot, or a loan and GearDex writes the carnet general list or travel list for you: trade descriptions, serial numbers, quantities, weights, values, and country of origin, totaled and ready to print.
- PDFs: carnet general list and travel list
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- Columns customs asks for, filled from your gear
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- Paper size from your locale
- Letter or A4
What is an ATA carnet general list?
An ATA carnet is an international customs document that lets professional equipment cross borders temporarily without paying import duties. Its general list names every item with a description, serial number, quantity, weight, value, and country of origin, and customs checks the gear against it on the way out and back in.
The carnet is due Friday. The serials are in four places.
A carnet application wants a line for every item: what it is, its serial, its weight, its value, and where it was made. For a camera package that's dozens of rows, usually typed by hand from receipts, stickers, and last year's list.
Customs compares the gear against that list, so a wrong serial or a missing item becomes a problem at the border, not at your desk.
GearDex already knows the serials, values, and weights. It builds the list from the kit, shoot, or loan, flags what's missing, and prints a clean PDF.
The general list, ready to sign.
The Carnet General List numbers every item with its trade description, serial, quantity, weight, value, and country of origin, totals them, and ends with the declaration and room for your signature and the customs stamp.
- From a kit, a shoot plan, or a loan
- Leaving and back dates on the list
- Country of origin saved on every gear type
A travel list for the airline and the insurer.
Switch to Travel List for the same gear with insured value and valuation basis, on a page you can hand to a check-in desk, a fixer, or your insurer. Items without a serial are marked, so you can fix the record before you fly.
Carnet & travel lists is included from Pro. Start free and upgrade when you need it.
Count it out, count it back.
Before you leave a location, run a wrap check against the same gear: scan or tap each item, mark anything missing, and finish with All back or Back with an issue. Missing gear gets a flag straight away.
- Wrap checks from the shoot's packing page
- Spot checks for a case or a shelf
- Pick up an unfinished check on another phone
GearDex vs. typing the list yourself
| Capability | GearDex | Spreadsheet | Handwritten list |
|---|---|---|---|
| Serials and values filled from your records | Yes | Copy and paste | No |
| Totals for pieces, weight, and value | Yes | Formulas | A calculator |
| Flags items missing a country of origin | Yes | No | No |
| Travel list from the same data | Yes | A second tab | Write it again |
| Changes when the kit changes | Yes | No | No |
Customs paperwork done before you pack.
Fill in weights and origins once, and every trip after is a download.
- Letter or A4 by locale
- Country of origin on every item
- The same lists for loans that travel
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Import
Make sure serials, values, and weights are on your gear.
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Organize
Group the trip as a kit or a shoot plan, and set the dates.
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Maintain
Download the PDF, sign it, and run a wrap check before you fly home.
What goes on the list.
Serial numbers
Every serial on file, and “None recorded” where one is missing.
Weights
Per item and in total, in kilograms.
Values
Per item and in total, with the valuation basis on the travel list.
Country of origin
Set per item, or the same for all, and saved for the next trip.
Declaration
The temporary-admission declaration with space to sign and date.
Your carnet issuer
Attach the general list to the carnet you get from your national issuer.
Carnet & travel lists on every plan
Included from Pro. Start free and upgrade when you need it.
Carnet general list and travel list PDFs from kits, shoots, and loans, plus wrap and spot checks
Carnet & travel lists, answered.
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A carnet is a customs document that lets you take professional equipment into a country temporarily without paying import duties. It's issued by a national chamber of commerce or carnet service, and it lists every item on a general list.
No. GearDex builds the general list you attach to your carnet application, and a travel list for everything else. The carnet itself comes from your national issuer.
From each item's record. If it's missing, the carnet dialog flags it and you can fill it in there, one item at a time or the same for all, and it's saved for next time.
Pro and Studio. Both PDFs work from a kit, a shoot plan, or a loan.
Works well with
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Packing & readiness
Packing manifests and readiness checks built from the shoot plan, so you know the bag is complete before you leave.
- Pro+Explore loans & lending
Loans & lending
Scan gear out and back in, get loans signed for, and see who has what, when it's due, and what fee applies, with automatic overdue alerts.
- All plansExplore shoot planning
Shoot planning
Plan every job in one place: shot lists, locations, call sheets, timelines, weather, and the gear assigned to it.
Cross the border with the list done.
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