If buying a product from China, duty and VAT are payable, are there
any other charges On top of these and how much?

Capitol wrote:

If buying a product from China, duty

Depends, some items (especially electronics) are zero duty rated,
otherwise it's is only payable if the item is over £135

and VAT

Theoretically if the item is over £15, you often seem to get away
without paying.

any other charges On top of these and how much?

If you do get charged either of the above then you'll likely get a
handling fee by whoever delivers the item in the UK.

Excise duty if it's booze or fags

http://www.dutycalculator.com/country-guides/Import-duty-taxes-when-importing-into-the-United-Kingdom

On 30/05/2016 15:48, Capitol wrote:
If buying a product from China, duty and VAT are payable, are there
any other charges On top of these and how much?

There will be a handling fee from the delivery company for collecting
the tax. The Royal Mail handling fee is £8 - other carriers may/will
charge more. Often you will have no choice in who delivers the goods.

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alan_m wrote:
On 30/05/2016 15:48, Capitol wrote:
If buying a product from China, duty and VAT are payable, are there
any other charges On top of these and how much?

There will be a handling fee from the delivery company for collecting
the tax. The Royal Mail handling fee is £8 - other carriers may/will
charge more. Often you will have no choice in who delivers the goods.

It does depend on the value of the goods. Chinese companies often quote a
much lower value than you've paid on the documents. And below a certain
value no duty is charged.

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Depends whether you find out afterwards that it should cost more as the Post
Office seem to have a ridiculous system of charging more for having to
collect the duty than the productwas worth in the first place..:-)
Brian

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"Capitol" wrote in message
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If buying a product from China, duty and VAT are payable, are there
any other charges On top of these and how much?

In article ,
Brian Gaff wrote:
Depends whether you find out afterwards that it should cost more as the
Post Office seem to have a ridiculous system of charging more for
having to collect the duty than the productwas worth in the first
place..:-)

The mechanism for collecting any duty payable is likely to cost much the
same regardless of the value of the goods. But I'd agree it is excessive
in this day and age.

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Andy Burns a écrit :
Theoretically if the item is over £15, you often seem to get away without
paying.

Did you mean less than £15 ?

Harry Bloomfield wrote:

Andy Burns a écrit :

Theoretically if the item is over £15, you often seem to get away without
paying.

Did you mean less than £15 ?

No but badly phrased. I meant theoretically you should be charged VAT
if the item is over £15, but you often seem to get away without paying
it for items above the limit.