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Re: Anybody knows the customs duty for clarinet?

Author: John Peacock
Date: 2019-05-30 12:48

Same problem in the UK. The duty is "only" 4.9%, but then you have to pay VAT on top of that at the standard tax rate of 20%. To add insult to injury, the VAT is charged on the total+duty. And they charge you based on item plus shipping costs. So if you have, say, a $500 instrument with $50 shipping, the total charge is $142, which amounts to a 28.5% markup on the cost of the instrument. I'd be surprised if the US didn't have the same problem: they charge the duty just because they can get away with extortion - but the tax has some logic to it. If you would pay sales tax when buying something in the US, then for sure customs will apply an equivalent charge when you import things.

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