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Re: US Customs duty fee- an update

Author: clarnibass
Date: 2025-07-31 09:36

>> They are brokerage fees collected as revenue by courier companies to fill out some paperwork. <<

Partly true. You should be able to get a specified invoice of the total, where it says what part exactly is a fee charged by the courier and what are the import taxes, etc.

There could be quite a few different fees and how much each one is varies by country, type of product and value of the product. For example, locally musical instruments have just the VAT of 18%, but cars have an import tax of about 115%.

Here is an example of an invoice from Fedex:
VAT $71
Storage fees $9
Administration fees $34
Computer fee $6

I don't know why they divide it like that instead of simply having a single price...
The VAT is the actual import tax that is 18% of the cost of the product.
Storage fee can add up if you wait long enough (I think more than 21 days here) but it's a random fee since it's in their storage (you can't not have it in their storage).
I have no idea what computer fee is.
Administration fee is what you pay for their customs broker to release your package from customs.

If the courier refuses to give you a detailed invoice then... I don't know.

So yes they have a bunch of fees and for whatever reason they separate them that way. Unless your country has next to not import tax and extremely high fees by the couriers for some reason...?

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