"Dennis@home" wrote in message
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On 18/02/2015 22:39, john james wrote:


"Dennis@home" wrote in message
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On 18/02/2015 19:29, john james wrote:

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The duty is there to restrict buying goods from overseas rather than
from the EU/UK.

But there is no duty on quite a lot of the imports that are made in
the EU.

Such as?

Such as the lower priced stuff imported from china
individually rather than commercial shipments.

We have been through that.

And you asked that question anyway.

Its subject to duty and VAT but it costs too much to collect for small
orders.

What I said in a lot more words.

Try it with a larger order and see if you get to pay duty and VAT.

Irrelevant to whether a there is no duty actually paid
on quite a lot of the imports that are made in the EU.