Customs fees

[madpugger]

http://customs.hmrc.gov.uk/channelsPortalWebApp/channelsPortalWebApp.portal?_nfpb=true&_pageLabel=pageVAT_ShowContent&id=HMCE_CL_001454&propertyType=document

Looks like VAT at 15% plus customs duty, whatever that is. I think I had to pay £70 on $600 - $700 the last time i bought.

[Rusty]

If I remember from last time you get charged VAT at 15% on the whole lot including customs fees plus any fees from the shipping agent for paying those fees and The VAT. I was a bit p'd off last time I got whacked over £20 on some parts labelled at $50 or so. Most of this was fees to pay the fees

[A80Avant]

Does anyone knows what the percentage for customs fees is for items arriving from the US?

If for example an item is declared as 300$,what would the customs fee be?

cheers
vasilis