[Elecraft] UK import duty

[Larry Phipps]

Technically, I think the code is

8529 9040 000 

That is what I use when sending my kits to EU. 

Larry N8LP



Stewart Baker wrote:
> This is a timely thread having just collected from Parcel Force, a package 
> containing my latest Elecraft kit purchase.
> I was charged £9.23 import duty into the EU plus VAT on that amount.
> On all my previous packages I have been charged nothing.
>
> I phoned the Customs & Excise (or whatever they now call themselves), and was 
> told that the £9.23 represents 3% import duty on the value of goods ($539).
> They have an old computer system which only recognises the first 6 digits of the 
> Commodity Code, and this is where they got the 3% duty from. The last 4 digits, 
> if they bothered to look indicate that there is 0% duty. They seem to rely on 
> customer action to correct errors. 
>
> The US Postal Service Customs Declaration and Dispatch Note has clearly typed 
> the HS tariff number 8529 9040 00, however the description was for:-
> Transmitter Equipment with Built-in Receiver Except Mobile Phones and Aircraft 
> Equipment.
>
> This contents description on the Customs Declaration was wrong, not matching the 
> Commodity Code, and should have referred  to Parts for use with Radio. 
> This is something that Elecraft should rectify immediately.
>
> I now have to submit a covering letter, proof of purchase and the labeling to 
> get the duty and part of the VAT refunded. 
> Not a Happy Bunny !!
>
> Stewart G3RXQ
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