Importing Electronics from China

[Conifer]

Hello, all.

Can anyone please tell me if importing sciphones like i9+++ from China to UK is legal. I'm planning to buy 200 pieces of it by DHL shipping. How much would it cost me for this including shipping costs, the import duty, VAT, customs duties etc.

Please help. Thank you.

 

[blueteen]

maybe i can help you ,i am a chinese forwarding ,about the chinese triff,plz email me ,or leave the message.

 

[Archil]

Conifer, please note that all consumer electronics imported in EU, must meet the so called ROHS standard.

Check in wikipedia the ROHS standard if you don`t know it.

 

[Conifer]

Thanks all. I appreciate your replies.

Does it reduce the risk if i lower the quantity of orders say 50 peices of cellphones per shipping? This is my first time really though I've been doing import of jewelries from the Philippines in low quantity. I didn't pay anything for this only for shipping because it's in a small quantity.

My contact person in China who works in a manufacturing company suggested to send 3 separate retail boxes of cellphones at different time. Do you think this will work?

Regarding ROSH, electronics is covered. You think this pose another problem? I didn't think this is serious because there are more electronics being imported from China. Most electronics being used in the entire UK even world wide are China made. Please correct me if i'm wrong. Thank you.

 

[zeng]

Hi, Conifer
If you want to do this in legal way, you need to go through customs, even via DHL, which means you cannot avoid duty, VAT. But I think your contact in China is more like to send you with small quantity at a time and declare as commercial samples, which means you don't need to pay any duty and VAT for goods. That is really up to you how would you want to do this. But my suggestion is ask the RoHS certificate, because you may be asked by Trading Standard, if you fail to present the certificate you can't sell them in EU.

 

[hagrid han]

Hi, Conifer
I thought you are buying some medical electronic products,but you aren't.Sending 3 separate retail boxes of cellphones at different time is good option.Good luck and have a great day!

 

[Conifer]

Hi guys, I already got the first retail box 2 weeks ago. It arrived safe and was not questioned. I didn't pay any tax, and hoping it'll be the same in the incoming orders. Thanks for your sharings. God speeds!

 

[allmistone]

I think the freight would be very expensive. if someday you wanna import stone(granite, marble, countertops,vanity tops, paving, mosaics, fireplace) please contact us. our website is www(dot) xmgranitetops (dot)com

 

[leonyu]

shipment via 3 times could be a good choice when you do not buy much.

 

[onlineseoserivce]

conifer nice one the vat and taxes in asia much cheaper. here I live in philippines some china phones here are much much cheaper with good conditions if you don't mind of buying jewerlies here like pearls, dried fish or some cashew nuts we sell it. also some goods .

 

[Keith05]

Hi,

I used to import items from China for my Shop but found that on a number of times the items arrived damaged or not as described. Plus once we had paid the VAT 20% & Duties we may as well have brought them in the UK in the first place. Because of this we did a bit of searching around online to find the best deals. Now we tend to purchase most of our items from Xselectro.co.uk The prices on there are really good some even better than on Ebay and Amazon. Plus they reply within 24 hours if you request a quote. Thought this might help you as a fellow small business.

 

[dannydeng]

I think,for small quantity,you can start like this,and seperate the shipment several times,but if you want to expand your business,you must consider how to do it legally someday .