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The "value" of imported goods is the total cost of obtaining the goods in the destination country, so that includes shipping and handling. If you pay a UK carrier to go and pick it up from the foreign factory, you pay VAT on the carrier's charge, so why not on the p&p charge levied by the foreign seller to do the shipping for you?