pault said:Do you know if import duty is payable on model aircraft components ?
"Model parts" has an import duty rate of 4.7% to the UK according to http://www.dutycalculator.com whereas gimbal appears to fall under "tripods for camcorders and cinematic cameras" and only attracts 3.7%!
Depends what it's sent as. Bloody silly system anyway. It seems to be a combination of pot luck, item value and whether a courier firm or postal service is used as to whether you have to pay anything. Whenever I've had stuff via Fedex, DHL and the like they just collect the duty and there it goes. When I've had stuff come USPS or other national postal services I've sometimes had to visit the post office to pay charges, sometimes not.
I always assume worst case scenario then I'm only ever pleasantly surprised...
