Shipping from China to UK

[Nizam]

Hi

Need to get about 14kg of phone cases from china to UK ? any one knows about how much percentage is customs duty and import taxes are now after brexit ?

 

[CHUKTC]

Its all available here https://www.gov.uk/trade-tariff. Don't forget import taxes are payable on the cost of the goods + cost of shipping + cost of insurance.

 

[StephenK]

Hello, a question I have. Since in Nizam's example the phone cases will have an individual unit cost that is below the threshold, will no VAT/duty be levied by HMRC? Or do they take the view that because the whole consignment is worth, say, £1000 (including shipping to keep it simple) then the duties are leveraged on that £1000 and not the unit cost of each item?

 

[MOIC]

VAT and Import Duty (if applicable) is calculated on the total product cost plus all shipping costs.

 

[Nizam]

I got my goods shipped from China using DDP Train ,shipper said goods arrive in Poland by Train and from their they take container to UK to do customs clearance it this true ? as shipped on 1st of April ,shipper said goods reached Poland yesterday ,but i am not sure how any days takes from Poland to UK to do customs clearance can any one shed some light on this please ?

Also i got another shipping send from China to UK through DDP Sea shipping shipped on 26th April ,any thoughts how many days that will going to take

 

[Nizam]

I checked this and customs duty is only showing 2 percent for my goods , import VAT i guess 20 percent .so is that mean will i get chrged 22 percent for the totla cost my my item plus shipping charges as customs duty ?Will their be any extra administration charges ?


Please advice ?

 

[JOGARA]

Import costs are made up of Duty + VAT on the total cost of the goods and shipping.

£900 worth of goods shipped for £100, with a 5% duty and 20% VAT works out like this.

£900 + £100 = £1000 (goods and shipping costs)
£1000 + 5% = £1050 (add Duty rate for your items)
£1050 + VAT = £1260 (add the VAT onto the total of the above)

The total cost of the goods and imports is £1260. Import costs = £260
You may also pay a few ££ with the courier as an "admin fee", typically £10-30 per waybill.

 

[SEODEV#338055]

This is slightly off topic but related to Amazon payments and China

The account that I use for Amazon purchases from China and other internet purchases never has more than £100 unless I am making a larger transaction

In the case of a larger transaction [which I would only carry out with a UK limited company that I implicitly trust] I would perform an internal account transfer directly before making the external payment

In the event of fraud the maximum I can ever lose is £100

Many people in the UK have learnt this lesson the hard way