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[Closed] Buying from the USA. How much am I going to get stung for taxes etc?

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I have been through the HMRC website but can't be confident I've got the fee's corrext.

I'm looking at a set of forks from Jensen USA at a price of £570 shipped. How much of a hammering could I expect on the import costs?

If it's too much I may as well buy within the EU for yhe extra £££.

Cheers, Jay


 
Posted : 09/05/2014 10:25 am
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Duty is around 4%. Then there's VAT at 20%. Then there's the handling charge - another £20 or so. If the forks are available in the EU at anywhere around £750 then I'd avoid the hassles (and potential warranty issues).


 
Posted : 09/05/2014 10:27 am
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for bike parts allow duty of 4.7% on cost + shipping and a further 20% VAT on that. Then you may also have to pay a £10-20 handling fee to the courier.

So Id estimate around £735

EDIT: Beaten to it by onion.


 
Posted : 09/05/2014 10:28 am
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Awesome thanks gents. Not worth it then for the sake of £30 or so saving.

Cheers


 
Posted : 09/05/2014 10:35 am

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