I guess advising is one thing and influencing one's decision is a separate thing. Not sure if the poster understands what most people above are trying to say :-). Ok let me put this straight - yes you can bring your furniture, bring them as you will not find them here :-) and given your questions above I am sure you will miss them. Their is a custom duty of 5% on declared value however your organisation that hired you would have provision for relocation and they will take care of all charges/paper work. If you are sending them yourselves you may have to go through the paperwork and 5% duties. Since they are used the value depreciates a fair bit and some instances they may be exempted.