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| Author: | td1596 [ Tue Sep 08, 2009 10:19 am ] |
| Post subject: | Customs charges coming into the UK? |
Has anyone had experiences with UK customs and importing second hand watches from america? What is the charge likely to be? Any help is much appreciated |
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| Author: | Driver8 [ Tue Sep 08, 2009 11:10 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Customs charges coming into the UK? |
td1596 wrote: Has anyone had experiences with UK customs and importing second hand watches from america? What is the charge likely to be? Any help is much appreciated VAT plus a handling charge. I usually budget for a couple of % for the handling charge to be on the safe side, but it's usually less than that. If VAT's 15% (which it currently is), budget for about 17% in total. |
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| Author: | MartynJC (UK) [ Mon Sep 14, 2009 1:54 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Customs charges coming into the UK? |
Add approx 30% to the purchase price - you have VAT, duty and customs charges to pay - VAT 17.5% (or is it 15% these days  ) - duty approx 10% - charges can be quite a few quid. so round it up to approx 30%.. you will be charged if it comes in from USPS
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| Author: | Driver8 [ Mon Sep 14, 2009 2:04 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Customs charges coming into the UK? |
I've personally never been charged anywhere near 30% for imports. |
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| Author: | Roffensian [ Mon Sep 14, 2009 4:41 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Customs charges coming into the UK? |
Yeah 10% import duty is high. Most places without import restrictions are generally 4 - 5%. Mind you these things do have a tendency to vary. |
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| Author: | Stefan Tapp [ Mon Sep 14, 2009 10:37 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Customs charges coming into the UK? |
I think about 4% import duty is the current rate, plus 15% VAT, plus handling charges so around 20% is what I always calculate for. Stef |
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