Customs or Import duty for Mobile phones to United Kingdom

Calculation method:

Customs Duties or Import dutyA tax charged on certain goods which are brought into a coun... and taxes will be pending and need to be cleared while importing goods into United-Kingdom whether by a private individual or a commercial entity.

The valuation method is CIF.

VAT Rates

For Children products VAT rate would be 5%, and some goods are VAT free, for example books, children clothes and children shoes.

VAT=value of the goods + Shipping costs + insurance + import dutyA tax charged on certain goods which are brought into a coun... due(if applicable)

if goods have been sent from non-European Union (EU) countries and EU special territories, then VAT needs to be paid if goods worth:

• Gifts worth more than £34
• Other goods worth more than £15
• Alcohol, tobacco products and fragrances of any value
• goods sent by mail orderThe purchasing or selling of goods over the Internet, teleph... from the Channel Islands no matter what their value.

You will be charged at the VAT rate that applies to your goods. VAT is charged on the total value, including:

• The priceThe amount of money required to purchase something or to bri... paid for the goods
• postage, packagingMaterials used to wrap a product. The way in which something... and insurance
• Any duty you owe

Other taxes and customs fees

• Excise duty is payable on for example tobacco and alcohol.

More information on tobacco and alcohol duties can find at the website of Alcohol and tobacco duties .

More information on Fuel Duties Fuel duties .

• Additional customs fees can be charged to cover the expense of performing any required examinations, verification and or testing of the imported goods.

Prohibited Items:

• Air guns, imitation or replica firearms, firearm parts and replica ammunition (includes rifle butts, trigger mechanisms, screws / bolts etc which are manufactured for the sole purpose of creating a functional firearm)
• Antiques and works of art with a shipment value in excess of EUR 500,000
• Banderols / TaxA fee imposed by a government on personal or corporate incom... stickers with a shipment value in excess of EUR 500,000
• Cigarettes and electronic cigarettes with a shipment value in excess of EUR 500,000.
• Dangerous / hazardous goods including but not limited to perfumes, aftershaves, aerosols, flammable substances, dry ice, biological substances, UN classified dangerous goods and any goods specified as such under International Air Transport Association regulations (“IATA”), the Agreement on Dangerous Goods by Road (“ADR”) or International Maritime Dangerous Goods (“IMDG”) regulations. Applicable to all shipments valued in excess of EUR 500,000
• Financial and monetary commodities – examples include but are not limited to activated SIM cards for mobile phones, blank or activated creditAn arrangement in which an item for sale is received by the ... or cash dispenser cards, blank cheques, event tickets, lottery tickets, money or postal orders, pre-paid phone cards, tickets (blank stockAn investor's share of ownership in a company which entitles...), traveller’s cheques, vouchers/tokens, unused stamps etc. Applicable to all shipments valued in excess of EUR 500,000
• Furs
• Jewellery and watches and with individual values in excess of EUR 5,000. The shipment must not exceed EUR 100,000

Other related items:

International sim cards
Mobile handset with accessories like headsets,speakers etc
Mobile phones
Plastic for mobile cases
Electronics & video games phone accessories
Cases for mobile phones of leather