[Jewelry making - Article 00082] - Re: [Orchid] Duty and Tax on jewellery sent to US from UK?

[Eva Martin]

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Hi Stephen, thanks for your reply.

>     I would like to know what is the deal going the other way. I have
>     a retail customer in England that is interested in a piece that is
>     priced at several thousand dollars. Will he need to cough up VAT
>     as well as import tax? 

    Yes, if your customer's package is intercepted by customs, they'll
    have to pay duty and VAT on anything coming in from outside the EU. 

    VAT is 17.5% and I think duty on precious jewellery is 2.5%. In my
    experience this is levied on the value of the
    goods+shipping&insurance. Then there's also the charge FedEx or UPS
    adds for dealing with customs.

    There is a brief guide to VAT and duty on common internet goods
    brought into the UK (including jewellery) here:

    http://tinyurl.com/bk4ve 

    There's also a more detailed list of duty due on all goods shipped
    to the UK here: http://www.uktradeinfo.com/index.cfm?task=classguide 

    If you go there and click on the link below the heading
    'Classification Duty Rates' it takes you to the database you need.

    I've also found that items sent through FedEx always incur duty and
    tax. Sometimes when I've ordered metal or stones and they've been
    sent through the normal postal service, I've escaped the customs
    charge - but not very often. 

Hope that helps,

Eva.
Eva Martin
http://www.evamartin.com

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