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That's about the same as the hit we take importing from this side of the Pond..

There is a move to set up a free trade agreement between NA and the UK, so we should see a drop in prices here, if they ever make it work.

Gordon.

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That's got to sting. Considering everything over here is more expensive than the states you have to wonder how they have the audacity to charge to export things.

I'm actually surprised they didn't give you money off for importing from the UK, it's only us they want to overcharge.

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The funny part is I can import the scope into Canada with no duty,I do pay HST,but I have to pay that regardless..We have a trade agreement with UK :smiley: ,but shipping in Canada can be ridiculous.The US Fed lady was great....she even checked out me officially importing the telescope under another provision,but no go, still +8%.The import/export laws there are kind of tricky,when I bring something over,it is an export,but not an in advance, paper work involved, official export.I just tell US officer what I'm going to do and we go from there.

So we will see about shipping costs,it still may be cheaper to US.I can't believe their is no trade agreement between the two,or maybe it only involves certain items.

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That's about the same as the hit we take importing from this side of the Pond..

There is a move to set up a free trade agreement between NA and the UK, so we should see a drop in prices here, if they ever make it work.

Gordon.

We pay less on import duty but more on VAT. If we import from the US, we have to add 25% to the total (item+shipping) for the taxman. If I remember correctly, it's 20% VAT, 4.5% Import duty plus some 'small' charges here and there.

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Gerry,

of course there are trade agreements, I am talking about the kind of thing that allows "free" movement of goods between you and the USA I think it goes under the acronym of the NAFTA. This would remove the 8% they are looking to take off you, so reducing the price. Without the trade restrictions, it should also reduce the carriage charges...

However, if you want to purchase something from the UK, I would not wait for this to happen, we are all likely to beold and grey before then. If the deal today looks good, I woudl just go for it.

Keith,

I did know the rate was not as much, on a previous post on duty charges, I gave the link to HMRC website giving us the rates for everything, including 'scopes. I mentioned "about", knowing it was less, but a bit lazy to look it up, so sorry.. But in the overall scheme of things, unless spending thousands, "about" didn't sound too bad to me.

I really wanted to say that if our governments get round to it, there is talk of a free trade agreement with North America which would help us all. As Canada also has an FTA with the US, I would assume it includes them. Bit silly not to.

And Jarrod, I have absolutely no doubt they will find a way to make up the losses.

Now, I thought I heard it was a UK/NA thing, so I am not sure how all that would pan out for the rest of Europe...

Fun times for all.

Gordon.

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Well I could import the scope from the USA with no duty under NAFTA,but duty is triggered when the telescope enters the USA,from UK,as the Fed import specialist told me.I was going to ship to my USA address and then export from USA,then import into Canada.All very legal.

There is no duty when the scope enters Canada,from UK, as per the trade agreement with the UK.This is the route I chose as the shipping was the same,so I save 8%,plus the 13% HST on the 8%.....Alls well.

I am surprised that the US is applying tariffs on goods from the United Kingdom,this harms UK businesses as the American market is huge...Maybe Canada still has a bit of the old Commonwealth agreement in place,which works for both of us.Shipping it directly to my house saved me about $180.00,better in my pocket than theirs

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Plus you save the 20% VAT that is included in the price on the website (unlike US sales tax which is added to the price on the website)

Since Orion Optics scopes is one of the the most common reason why someone in the US wants to import from the UK, I think I should point out Orion prices is listed without VAT and VAT is added at the end. It's very annoying.

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If it's a UK website and their goods are aimed at consumers (rather than businesses) then I thought the law now makes them quote VAT inclusive prices. They could be heading for a fine.

That's what I thought as well, but that's what Orion is doing. They have a big red banner on their home page saying all prices on their site excludes VAT, and they have been listing ex-VAT price ever since VAT was raised to 20%.

HMRC website is quite clear about shop prices and catalogue prices must include VAT, unlessthey deal exclusively business-to-business or export. I don't know if there is a legal loophole that will let websites list their price ex-VAT

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That's about the same as the hit we take importing from this side of the Pond..

There is a move to set up a free trade agreement between NA and the UK, so we should see a drop in prices here, if they ever make it work.

Gordon.

Hi Gordon,I just looked up the UK's import/export laws & can't believe there is no free trade agreement with NA & especially Canada,I saw the listed countries for preferencial treatment and I am surprised to say the least.This must have a stifling effect on the economy over there,which is unfortunate,but from what I read something may be in the works,as you say.I don't think there were any trade restrictions when Hawker Hurricanes were built in Fort William(Thunder Bay),near me and sent to England years ago...things must have gone backwards over the years.
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If you look at the Pink Book, USA is one of the 5 largest surpluses that the UK has.

The other 4 are Australia, Switzerland , Luxemburg and Netherlands, in that order.

Can you reason why the government don't want to open free trade from the US to the UK.

If you look we run a huge deficiet with the rest of the World.

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