Basically you have to pay 20% VAT on anything over ￡15, plus a customs charge of around 20% as well, also customs take 2 to 3 weeks to process personal imports, so ordering from the US can take 5 weeks before you get your stuff.
you will be looking at around 30% ontop
20% vat, import duty 5%, collection fee 5%
Customs dont touch it for something that small, but the courier company will collect on customs behalf, thats where the collection fee comes in.
oh, and there is no way round it.
you will have to pay customs duty and vat of ￡4 when it arrives in the uk.
http://www.dutycalculator.com/help_cente...
I want to order clothes from America, i'm from the UK but i've heard you have to pay custom fees on top of any postage. does anyone know how much the custom fees are??
