import issue

chenxj · Apr 15, 2009

hello everyone,
Hope you guys ve been having fun here and doing well with your business. I am not sure if anyone here familiar with issue of importing shoes / clothes from country like China, such as the import tax and any other custom clearance related cost. Cheers!

XJ

FluxServices · Apr 15, 2009

chenxj said:
hello everyone,
Hope you guys ve been having fun here and doing well with your business. I am not sure if anyone here familiar with issue of importing shoes / clothes from country like China, such as the import tax and any other custom clearance related cost. Cheers!

XJ

Hi Chenx,

I am quite good in this side of the business industry, Using a company I use.

Customes clearence will be about £50-£70

Import Tax various between the weight in KG

Depending on how much you pay for the goods will depend on what you have to declare through customes.

If you get me the information below, I will be able to quote you from china to the uk and then get you a quote for delivery.

Dimentions in (LxWxH)
Weight in KG
Number of peices.

For something like clothes and shoes it will probbaly be best and cheaper for you to have these placed on a pallet instead of importing lose cargo.

Anymore questions just pm or email [email protected]

Cheers

Phill

FluxServices · Apr 15, 2009

Sorry,

But you might need to have your supplier to produce a certficate for the clothes that you are importing depending what there made out off.

Also the shoes might need to have somewhere people can see "Made In China" just customes require this some times.

I no customs say wellies need "Made In China"...

Sorry for the second post, cheers

FluxServices · Apr 15, 2009

Hi Chenz,

I checked with the clearence department you will need to ask your supplier for an Certificate Of Origon for the shoes and clothes.

Sorry I made a mistake on the first post, if you send your cargo on a pallet it will be slighty heavier so if you send your cargo loose it will be cheaper sorry I got mixed up.

If you have any questions or want to proceed then please pm or reply to the post.

Cheers and again sorry for the mistake on the pervious post.

chenxj · Apr 17, 2009

Hi Phill

Thanks for your reply and the information. I am doing the cost analysis at this point, and I ll come back to you if any further questions or practical action comes up. Cheers!

XJ

FluxServices · Apr 17, 2009

chenxj said:
Hi Phill

Thanks for your reply and the information. I am doing the cost analysis at this point, and I ll come back to you if any further questions or practical action comes up. Cheers!

XJ

Your Welcome Chenx,

If you need any help at all with the cost analysis let me know and I will be able to see.

Cheers

qul · Apr 18, 2009

to get customs duty, you can find TARIC code (search on google & go to link with europa). they're quite specific, so you have to keep drilling down to get to the duty rate.

then need to add 15% UK import vat to total cost (goods+shipping+duty).

Kernelpower_Ltd · Apr 18, 2009

the chinese will always put "free commercial samples" on the goods they send so that the tax will be alot lower than it could be.

Paul Kelly ICHYB · Apr 18, 2009

What the hell does 'its safe import shoes and clothing from china,even those are replica.'

Replica AKA fakes are illegal and not safe to import.

keepitsecret · Apr 18, 2009

Phill@Flux-Graphics said:
Hi Chenx,

I am quite good in this side of the business industry, Using a company I use.

Customes clearence will be about £50-£70

Import Tax various between the weight in KG

Depending on how much you pay for the goods will depend on what you have to declare through customes.

If you get me the information below, I will be able to quote you from china to the uk and then get you a quote for delivery.

Dimentions in (LxWxH)
Weight in KG
Number of peices.

For something like clothes and shoes it will probbaly be best and cheaper for you to have these placed on a pallet instead of importing lose cargo.

Anymore questions just pm or email [email protected]

Cheers

Phill

Hi Flux, It looks like you seem to know your stuff in regards to tax's etc when importing from China.

We are looking at importing a wide range of gifts (pens, pencils, keyrings, cups, etc etc) from Wholesalers we know in Hong Kong and I know people have said in forums before about trying to use there own contacts e.g (freight forwarders) but would you have any idea on final costings being landed in the UK? (as a rough guide). The reason being we believe some of our wholesalers might not have there own FF (hense the cheaper price we can get from them). Also, I believe there are tighter restrictions on importing dry confectionary snacks aswell.. but do you have any knowledge of this?

FluxServices · Apr 18, 2009

keepitsecret said:
Hi Flux, It looks like you seem to know your stuff in regards to tax's etc when importing from China.

We are looking at importing a wide range of gifts (pens, pencils, keyrings, cups, etc etc) from Wholesalers we know in Hong Kong and I know people have said in forums before about trying to use there own contacts e.g (freight forwarders) but would you have any idea on final costings being landed in the UK? (as a rough guide). The reason being we believe some of our wholesalers might not have there own FF (hense the cheaper price we can get from them). Also, I believe there are tighter restrictions on importing dry confectionary snacks aswell.. but do you have any knowledge of this?

Hi,

if you drop me an email on [email protected] I will find out, its been a while since I have helped with pens because of the ink inside.

Even with food I will find out on the restrictions of importing food for you aswell.

Sorry I cannot give you a answer on here but will have one some time monday for you.

I will in the meantime get you a ruff quote but I will need the some info on the cargo.

Dimentions (WxLxH)
Weight in KG
Number of cargo.

If the boxes are the same size I will only need the one messagement but if all the boxes are different I will need the dimentions and weight of each cargo.

Cheers and sorrry again I cannot give you a definite answer yet but will appreciate it if you can wait until monday.

Cheers

keepitsecret · Apr 19, 2009

Hi Flux, thanks for your message, I have emailed you directly.

Naughty Vend · Apr 20, 2009

You must declare the goods exactly as they are and it is your responsibility to ensure that no laws are broken, trademark, copyright, patent or otherwise...

Customs (HMCE) use what's historically known as "the tarrif" which is a big book listing almost everything they have come accross, it is detailed but also general in classification of goods where some items may be restricted via quota although throgh trade agreements these are relatively rare now. Your main concern is the classification and the duty unit, it may not be weight it could be number of units etc and that could then apply a scale eg;

1-1000 units = 5% duty
1001-10000 units = 7% duty

The duty is applied to the import value, then you pay tax based upon all the cost including the freight of the waybill etc and for reference weight is rather unimportant if using seafreight as I'd guess you will be. You pay per M3 in the container and save for taking a 20' or 40' skull rather than using a few cartons but beware as the cost of shipping is not the freight it is everything else...

Rule of thumb based upon a very general $1.50 to $1.65 exchange rate to the £1 is that what it costs in dollars is what it'll cost in Sterling landed, typical fair size shipment will cost £750 but do get a UK agent and agreed rates before you ship else the import agent assigned by the carrier will take you for a ride.

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