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Old 20th May 2020, 10:21 pm   #6
Hartley118
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Default Re: VAT & Customs Duty on imported items

That’s what’s supposed to be under negotiation currently. But two costs tend to be forgotten:

1. The bureaucratic cost of having any duty at all, however small. Customs officers must be paid and port inspection delays are costly and irritating, even to us hobbyists.

2. The cost of non-tariff technical barriers. Some forum members here may remember the frustration back in the day of exporting electronics to Germany or Austria if it lacked the formal certification to verify its precise conformity with the relevant DIN standards.

Martin
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