US import duty / tax

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PQR

Dredging up a thread but has anyone bought anything from the US recently? I bought 4 t shirts from gearfixie and they cost about $20 in total plus shipping of $18.

I've got a note through the door from Royal Mail saying I owe £47.20 (inc £8 handling charge) for the t shirts. A bit steep is an understatement as that is a tax of something like 120%

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NotThamesWater in reply to @PQR

12% import duty for cotton t-shirts on the $20 ~ £14
20% VAT on the £14, and on the ~£11 shipping
~£30, then add the £8 handling

You may have been dicked on the estimate of the value of the t-shirts, if the value was not declared on the parcel

Valuing the t-shirts at £5 would give a cost of ~£48

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