Import Duty from the USA ?

iandv

Hi

Hope this is the correct forum, if not please accept my apologies.

If I purchase a product (candles) or (clothing) from a US website, what would be the charges on import duty on products with a total coming to around $150 ?

Thanks

aytch

iandv wrote: »

Hi

Hope this is the correct forum, if not please accept my apologies.

If I purchase a product (candles) or (clothing) from a US website, what would be the charges on import duty on products with a total coming to around $150 ?

Thanks

It is quite steep as VAT is added at this end, so there is 17.5%, plus there is an import fee and a post office handling charge. Last time I ordered $120 worth of stuff from Landsend in USA I had to fork out £28, that was about 6 months ago.

King_Of_Fools

See:
http://customs.hmrc.gov.uk/channelsPortalWebApp/channelsPortalWebApp.portal?_nfpb=true&_pageLabel=pageTravel_ShowContent&propertyType=document&resetCT=true&id=HMCE_CL_001454

http://customs.hmrc.gov.uk/channelsPortalWebApp/downloadFile?contentID=HMCE_PROD_009989

Clothing is subject to 12% duty so on £150 of clothes you would have to pay £18 duty and £29.40 VAT plus any handling fee by the parcel company.

rosekitten

mine came in at nearly £45 for five t shirts
it was about three years ago but £15.99 of it was a
Royal Mail handling charge for getting it through
customs.I range customs and excise to to query
the charges and it seems it was right.I think mine
was just over £100 at the time.

Although $150 these days is around £75 so it may well
be less I did think the RM charge was excessive

markybhoy75

Dont you know anyone from the states who could send you this as a 'gift'?

Marky

stevebananer

The gift allowance is only £36 anyway so it's not going to help if you're importing a hundred pounds worth of anything.

Beware also with clothing such as t-shirts. A lot of clothing originating in USA is subject to additional duty of 15% on top of everything else, due to a longterm trade dispute between the EC and the USA.

Goods affected are listed here (if the link works):

http://customs.hmrc.gov.uk/channelsPortalWebApp/channelsPortalWebApp.portal?_nfpb=true&_pageLabel=pageVAT_ShowContent&id=HMCE_PROD1_027323&propertyType=document