24 Nov
2020
24 Nov
'20
6:47 p.m.
On Fri, 20 Nov 2020, Peter Corlett via cctalk wrote:
That same $100 widget imported into the UK becomes
$120 due to the 20% VAT
rate, which comes to ?90, but the UK has its own self-inflicted problems which
cause importers loads of extra costs and ?100 is easily believable.
Don't forget a fixed per-clearance administrative fee, covering all the
bureaucratic processing, will easily fill the missing ?10 (exact amount
varies by the carrier). For an item worth $20 received via Royal Mail I
recently paid ?13.31 customs charges: ?5.31 VAT + ?8.00 handling fee --
almost doubling the nominal value of the item (and that does not include
postage!).
Maciej