[Healeys] Customs Duty Invoice

[Dr. C. Rubino]

I don't order from Victoria British anymore because the custom duties and 
processing fee charged by UPS (they won't send by USPost) have often been 
more than the price of the part.

By the way I am in Canada.

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From: "Jaap Aeckerlin" <j.aeckerlin at gmail.com>
Sent: Wednesday, November 03, 2010 9:15 AM
To: "Curt/Nancy Arndt" <cnaarndt at gmail.com>; "Healey forum" 
<healeys at autox.team.net>
Subject: Re: [Healeys] Customs Duty Invoice

> The explanation for the import duties and charges is quite simple. 
> Importing
> goods from another country gives rise to a hell of a lot of paperwork, 
> both
> for fiscal and for statistical reasons, imposed by the importing 
> country.The
> company filling in the customs documents (very often called Customs 
> Agents)
> wants to be paid for this work. That's why you you receive a bill for both
> import duties and for the work done. The import duties part of the amount 
> is
> passed on to the government by the Customs Agent.
> For practical reasons there is a bottom limit, often based on the amount 
> of
> import duty payable: in such cases the costs of the paperwork are higher
> than the amount of import duties, and therefore no charges are levied.
> TNT Express, by the way, is one of the largest transporters of parcels
> world-wide and is of Australian origin. They do operate, among other
> countries, in Holland and in Denmark where TNT bought local parcel
> operators.
> Jack Aeckerlin, The Netherlands
> 1964 BJ8 29432
>
> 2010/11/3 Curt/Nancy Arndt <cnaarndt at gmail.com>
>
>> Hi All,
>>
>> I recently received a $1,500 order from AH Spares.  However this time I
>> received a second invoice from a Company named TNT Express charging me
>> $40.88 for US Customs related charges.
>>
>> This is the first time I've been billed for customs on overseas orders.
>> Does anyone have any experience with this?  Did the dollar amount trigger
>> this charge?
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>> Curt
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