[Elecraft] UK Customs Duty.

[Irelands Satellite]

Hi Bob, take a look here, I think codes are the same EU wide

http://europa.eu.int/comm/taxation_customs/dds/cgi-bin/tarduty?Taric=8525209900&SimDate=20030429&Action=1&ProdLine=80&Country=IE/0007&Type=0&Action=1&YesNo=1&Indent=-1&Flag=1&Test=tarduty&Periodic=0&Download=0&Lang=EN&Description=yes

Tony ei7bmb


At 18:32 08/04/2004, you wrote:

>Hi All,
>
>The good news here is my K2 #4168 finally arrived by camel train today after
>a five week wait from the order confirmation. Guess the demand for the K2 kit
>is outstripping supply at present which must bring joy to Elecraft.
>
>The bad news is that I took a hammering with UK Customs in the process. I had
>the option of paying the UK Customs about $277 up front or try and negotiate
>a better deal if there was an objection. With the Easter holiday starting in
>the UK Thursday evening and running through until Tuesday morning next 
>week the
>latter was not a good option. Understand the UK import duty should not have
>levied, though am liable for VAT (UK sales tax @ 17.5%). The process of 
>trying
>to recover the import duty and the VAT element of that from UK Customs 
>will go
>into gear after the holidays.
>
>Can any UK subscribers to the Elecraft mailing list who have personally gone
>down this road give me pointers on what to do. What is the UK Customs
>commodity code for items similar to the K2 kit and what are the rules 
>applicable to
>the K2 kit as regards liability or exemption from UK import duty?
>
>Regards,
>Bob. G3VVT
>
>
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