Can i pick the brains of any experienced importers.

At the moment i buy goods that are excempt from UK tax and source other goods from the UK.

Say i was to import 10 small electrical goods weighing about 12 kg would this be seized at customs. Or would this be delivered straight to my door?

Quoting from [S McB]:


Can i pick the brains of any experienced importers.


At the moment i buy goods that are excempt from UK tax and source other goods from the UK.


Say i was to import 10 small electrical goods weighing about 12 kg would this be seized at customs. Or would this be delivered straight to my door?

As Im not an importer to Uk couldnt say for sure, but I would contact a customs broker for a little advice.  However with the onset of WEEE/RoHS  compliance I'd tend to believe that they could be. 

Ranger

Replying to [Ranger]:Yeah i have been avoiding it but im going to have to have a good long conversation with the guys down at customs. And re read the 50 page introduction to UK import procedures

Quoting from [S McB]:


Replying to [Ranger]:Yeah i have been avoiding it but im going to have to have a good long conversation with the guys down at customs. And re read the 50 page introduction to UK import procedures

Scott, I think you know a whole lot more than you let on.

Replying to [S McB]:
how you import your goods as paracel by air mail or by Express service ? any way tell your seller to reduce the value of goods or consider it as free sample in the invoice

Replying to [solar]:

Hallo solar,

perhaps in the Iraq you can convince the custom to accept those
proceedings against a BAKSCHISCH !!
Do you think custom officers sleep on the tree, they have Comparison lists of all items you can think of and nobody there will believe that a supplier delivers 10 samples for free !!!!!!!!!

rgds
Wilhelm

Replying to [wilhelm]:
why not? it is logical the custom work on the invoice ,free sample means free.
if the supplier write low cost in invoice the custom let it pass ,dont forget it is small quantity.

 

Why not?

 

If you ask your supplier to "fudge" the paperwork on one small sample order, your supplier will believe you are dishonest.

 

You are also asking your supplier to be dishonest. This is a bad way to do business.

 

The correct method is for the supplier to include an Invoice for true value of the goods but stamp or write on the Invoice "Free Sample".

 

The Invoice is important in law because it is the document which transfers ownership of the goods from the supplier to you.

 

In law, you may not get legal ownership of the goods if the Invoice is a deliberately false document for an unlawful purpose.

Replying to [Aussie]:
dishonest,unlawful purpose.
OK OK it is my fault because Idid not listen to the wisdom of my three monkey

Replying to [S McB]:
Hi

Any goods purchased from outside the EC are liable for duty and in some cases VAT. If you have been sent a gift and the value is under £36 you will not be liable, over that amount you will be charged depending on the product. For purchases bought by yourself with a value over £18 you may have to pay duty depending on the product; it may also be liable to VAT. Under that amount you will not be liable.