We’d like to remind Forumites to please avoid political debate on the Forum.

This is to keep it a safe and useful space for MoneySaving discussions. Threads that are – or become – political in nature may be removed in line with the Forum’s rules. Thank you for your understanding.

📨 Have you signed up to the Forum's new Email Digest yet? Get a selection of trending threads sent straight to your inbox daily, weekly or monthly!

Duty payments

sabelu
sabelu Posts: 1,180 Forumite
Part of the Furniture 500 Posts Name Dropper Combo Breaker
My company buy from China into uk and pay duty inbound then ship to the states etc. Obviously we could be more efficient and ship straight from China, however we have stock that is not selling in the states and want to repatriate back to the uk, will we have to pay duty again to do this or how can we get round it or claim it back?
It pays to challenge

Comments

  • zaax
    zaax Posts: 1,914 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    Where is the stock at present?
    How long have you been trading for?
    Do you want your money back, and a bit more, search for 'money claim online' - They don't like it up 'em Captain Mainwaring
  • sabelu
    sabelu Posts: 1,180 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 500 Posts Name Dropper Combo Breaker
    In the USA or Canada been there two years, it's effectively end of range.
    It pays to challenge
  • zaax
    zaax Posts: 1,914 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    Sounds like you've been diddled.
    You're paying EC duty and UK VAT then shipping them to the USA and then paying their duty
    Do you want your money back, and a bit more, search for 'money claim online' - They don't like it up 'em Captain Mainwaring
  • agrinnall
    agrinnall Posts: 23,344 Forumite
    10,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    I don't know the answer to your question, but couldn't you have put the goods into bond on their arrival in the UK before onward shipping to USA/Canada?
  • sabelu
    sabelu Posts: 1,180 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 500 Posts Name Dropper Combo Breaker
    yes but we didn't :-(
    It pays to challenge
This discussion has been closed.
Meet your Ambassadors

🚀 Getting Started

Hi new member!

Our Getting Started Guide will help you get the most out of the Forum

Categories

  • All Categories
  • 351.7K Banking & Borrowing
  • 253.4K Reduce Debt & Boost Income
  • 454K Spending & Discounts
  • 244.7K Work, Benefits & Business
  • 600.2K Mortgages, Homes & Bills
  • 177.3K Life & Family
  • 258.4K Travel & Transport
  • 1.5M Hobbies & Leisure
  • 16.2K Discuss & Feedback
  • 37.6K Read-Only Boards

Is this how you want to be seen?

We see you are using a default avatar. It takes only a few seconds to pick a picture.