Checked Baggage inspectations for passengers arriving in Lima, Peru?

Question

Or am I paranoid? First... do they check your checked luggage in scanners and by hand before you pick it up, after you come out of the plane? Second... would they care if I had one or two of those big 200 disc cd binders? Obviously I'm not going to declare it because I heard they calculate those dvds cost $20 and charge you 20% tax for everyone. So if I have 400 movies.... I would be paying hundreds or thousands of dollars. SO IS IT OK IF LEAVE IT IN MY LUGGAGE AND IGNORE IT? All Peruvian authorities just dont care unlike Americans... correct? By the way its for personal use for me and my friends and I am going to stay there a year maybe.

Answer 1

The letter of the law there limits you to only a few DVD's and CD's but they don't ever seem to care about that stuff.  

Be prepared for them to check your bags.  They have a really goofy system where you push a button before walking through customs.  The button triggers a light to turn either green or red.  If it's green, you pass through to the street.  If red, you pass your bags (and carry-ons) through a scanner.  I've been traveling to Peru for years and brought all kinds of stuff and never had a problem.   Since they installed the scanner, I've never had a bag opened to be inspected.  I think they're more concerned with Peruvians bringing back big-ticket items like televisions and computers, since they're the only ones I ever see getting their bags hand-checked after the x-ray machine.  

They're reasonable too.  If you tell them you're going to be there for a year (and have a visa to show it), they probably would let the DVD's pass in the remote chance they cared enough to open your bag.

Answer 2

you'll be fine, they sell that stuff on the street, its no big deal over there.