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    I ordered an item from the USA to be shipped to England, and am having to pay a £33.76 customs charge. Is this correct? The item only amounted to £125 including shipping, and from what I can read online customs is only applicable to items over £135. Seems like a big charge for an item of this price.
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    Re: Customs charge

    Have a read of this see if it helps on there too is a form to fill in if you think you have been overcharged https://www.gov.uk/goods-sent-from-abroad/tax-and-duty

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      Re: Customs charge

      Nope probably correct. The £135 is, I believe, only for private shipments. For business the figure is a lot lower. The the Post office add on their £8 for collection the money. The customs charge is made up of any duty payable then VAT on top of that and then the post office charge.

      You will be liable for at least £25 of VAT so with the PO charge that takes it up to £33. I don't know where the odd bits came from.

      I went through this a few weeks ago. The price of the item almost trebled.
      Last edited by ostell; 8th May 2017, 17:16:PM.

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