On 14/07/18 20:06, Martin Gregorie wrote:
> On Sat, 14 Jul 2018 16:56:47 +0100, The Natural Philosopher wrote:
>
>> I tried importing somne gears once. They ended up 2.5 times the price
>> with shipping importt duty, handling charge to collect import duty, VAT
>> on handling charge to collect import duty...
>>
> That's not going to go away - its our own beloved HMRC doing that, not
> the EU. And, once outside the EU, the number of countries that they can
> include in those games is only going to grow. HMG is short of cash for
> stuff like the HS2 boondoggle, expanding Heathrow, etc, etc so they're
> not about to rein in HMRC or sack incompetent civil servants any time
> soon.
>
>
If we do a free trade deal with the USA then they cant charge duty, or a
charge to collect the duty, or VAT on the charge to collect the duty
canb they?

Stuff comes in from china using the postal service and no one ever
charges duty on it.


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