So lately customs have started to charge min 33% duty for almost all amazon UK blu-ray orders placed by us. And specially this is happening from September.
And if this trend continues it's gonna get costly for us to import blu-rays from amazon UK, which is like safe heaven for cheap blu-rays.
So lets share each others experience on what we ordered from amazon UK and how much customs got charged.
I also know that this may be temporary, and it all depends upon customs person.
But this will help us if like in month of September all parcels are charged duty, we can avoid importing stuff for some time. This will also help us if one person ordered the stuff which other person is also gonna order, then he can get some estimate that how much duty may be charged.
Now some fact from SnS on custom duty on Blu-rays.
1) Custom duty on Blu-ray is 27% as per their latest customs duty document which they give to their SnS account subscribers. (Also this keeps on changing from time to time)
2) Additional to that duty there is some 120 bucks charge for some form which they need to fill.
3) And there is some tax, which i do not remember exactly. I will update the same later.
Let me share my Last 3 orders from UK.
1) Speed racer + Super 8. Total 14.52 gbp including shipping. Duty charged was 430 bucks. So like 33%.
2) Watchman. Total 8.56 gbp including shipping. Duty charged was 252 bucks. again like 33%
3) One steelbook came through SnS. Custom cleared. No duty charged. From play.com
Imp : This is not SnS thread. If you have any queries we have dedicated SnS thread. Please post there. T
IMP : This thread is for only Blu-rays imported and duty charged. For other stuff please use appropriate section.
EDIT: And ya guys share your location too. Mine is Hyderabad.
And if this trend continues it's gonna get costly for us to import blu-rays from amazon UK, which is like safe heaven for cheap blu-rays.
So lets share each others experience on what we ordered from amazon UK and how much customs got charged.
I also know that this may be temporary, and it all depends upon customs person.
But this will help us if like in month of September all parcels are charged duty, we can avoid importing stuff for some time. This will also help us if one person ordered the stuff which other person is also gonna order, then he can get some estimate that how much duty may be charged.
Now some fact from SnS on custom duty on Blu-rays.
1) Custom duty on Blu-ray is 27% as per their latest customs duty document which they give to their SnS account subscribers. (Also this keeps on changing from time to time)
2) Additional to that duty there is some 120 bucks charge for some form which they need to fill.
3) And there is some tax, which i do not remember exactly. I will update the same later.
Let me share my Last 3 orders from UK.
1) Speed racer + Super 8. Total 14.52 gbp including shipping. Duty charged was 430 bucks. So like 33%.
2) Watchman. Total 8.56 gbp including shipping. Duty charged was 252 bucks. again like 33%
3) One steelbook came through SnS. Custom cleared. No duty charged. From play.com
Imp : This is not SnS thread. If you have any queries we have dedicated SnS thread. Please post there. T
IMP : This thread is for only Blu-rays imported and duty charged. For other stuff please use appropriate section.
EDIT: And ya guys share your location too. Mine is Hyderabad.
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