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| | | Author: | Draig62  | | Posted: | Mar 26, 2022 19:19 | | Subject: | Import charges from UK to US | | Viewed: | 191 times | | Topic: | Shipping | |
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| Hello,
I've been asked by a potential US based customer how much Customs fees they
are likely to pay if they purchase approximately £175 of LEGO from the UK and
shipped to the US.
Can anyone let me know the US import/customs fees please?
Many thanks
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| | | | | Author: | SylvainLS | | Posted: | Mar 26, 2022 19:27 | | Subject: | Re: Import charges from UK to US | | Viewed: | 54 times | | Topic: | Shipping | |
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| In Shipping, Draig62 writes:
| | Hello,
I've been asked by a potential US based customer how much Customs fees they
are likely to pay if they purchase approximately £175 of LEGO from the UK and
shipped to the US.
Can anyone let me know the US import/customs fees please?
Many thanks
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None. (There may be a threshold, but no one is really clear on the value: $800,
$1600… but way over your order.)
All they have to pay is Sales taxes (which is a State/county/town thing, not
federal, not customs) unless they are in one of the few US states that doesn’t
force BL to collect them.
And they would have to pay that even they were buying from a US seller anyway.
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| | | | | | | Author: | Stuart9 | | Posted: | Mar 26, 2022 19:32 | | Subject: | (Cancelled) | | Viewed: | 41 times | | Topic: | Shipping | |
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| | | | | | | Author: | Draig62 | | Posted: | Mar 27, 2022 05:15 | | Subject: | Re: Import charges from UK to US | | Viewed: | 46 times | | Topic: | Shipping | |
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| Thanks for your reply!
Does BL collect the relevant sales taxes at checkout for US customers purchasing
from abroad or does the courier invoice the customer prior to delivery?
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| | | | | | | | | Author: | SylvainLS | | Posted: | Mar 27, 2022 09:30 | | Subject: | Re: Import charges from UK to US | | Viewed: | 35 times | | Topic: | Shipping | |
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| In Shipping, Draig62 writes:
| | Thanks for your reply!
Does BL collect the relevant sales taxes at checkout for US customers purchasing
from abroad or does the courier invoice the customer prior to delivery?
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BL collects the US Sales taxes when the buyer pay (which means US buyers can
only pay with PayPal onsite or Stripe (so you’re good  )). BL adds the amount
to your total, the buyer pays, and it’s automatically sent to BL. It will show
in the transaction as a “partner fee” and you’ll pay PayPal fees on it but it
never lands on your account.
https://www.bricklink.com/help.asp?helpID=2467
As it’s not federal, there’s no check by customs and no collection at delivery.
That’s why no one paid it for online orders and why the states decided to make
the marketplaces collect it 
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| | | | | | | | | Author: | cosmicray | | Posted: | Mar 27, 2022 12:08 | | Subject: | Re: Import charges from UK to US | | Viewed: | 39 times | | Topic: | Shipping | |
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| In Shipping, Draig62 writes:
| | Thanks for your reply!
Does BL collect the relevant sales taxes at checkout for US customers purchasing
from abroad or does the courier invoice the customer prior to delivery?
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It depends on the state that the package is being shipped to. ~45 of 51 (state
like destinations, because DC) have a sales tax. Many of those require BL to
collect & remit the tax.
Sales tax is different from Custom’s Duty, as sales tax has no minimum bar before
it applies.
Nita Rae
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| | | | | | | Author: | frosia | | Posted: | Mar 27, 2022 09:44 | | Subject: | Re: Import charges from UK to US | | Viewed: | 40 times | | Topic: | Shipping | |
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| In Shipping, SylvainLS writes:
| | In Shipping, Draig62 writes:
| | Hello,
I've been asked by a potential US based customer how much Customs fees they
are likely to pay if they purchase approximately £175 of LEGO from the UK and
shipped to the US.
Can anyone let me know the US import/customs fees please?
Many thanks
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None. (There may be a threshold, but no one is really clear on the value: $800,
$1600… but way over your order.)
All they have to pay is Sales taxes (which is a State/county/town thing, not
federal, not customs) unless they are in one of the few US states that doesn’t
force BL to collect them.
And they would have to pay that even they were buying from a US seller anyway.
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Are you sure about that? I think a better answer is that the likelihood of paying
duty is low. There is always the potential of paying duty on the declared value
when importing - even if the item is marked as a "gift'.
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| | | | | | | | | Author: | peregrinator | | Posted: | Mar 27, 2022 10:27 | | Subject: | Re: Import charges from UK to US | | Viewed: | 42 times | | Topic: | Shipping | |
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| In Shipping, frosia writes:
| | Are you sure about that? I think a better answer is that the likelihood of paying
duty is low. There is always the potential of paying duty on the declared value
when importing - even if the item is marked as a "gift'.
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Toys are duty-free in the US unless coming from Cuba or North Korea:
https://hts.usitc.gov/?query=9503.00.00
The thresholds mentioned above ($800/$1,600) have to do with bringing goods back
from a trip but I don't think they apply to toys in any case, where the duty
is free.
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| | | | | | | | | | | Author: | SylvainLS | | Posted: | Mar 27, 2022 10:36 | | Subject: | Re: Import charges from UK to US | | Viewed: | 28 times | | Topic: | Shipping | |
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| In Shipping, peregrinator writes:
| | In Shipping, frosia writes:
| | Are you sure about that? I think a better answer is that the likelihood of paying
duty is low. There is always the potential of paying duty on the declared value
when importing - even if the item is marked as a "gift'.
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Toys are duty-free in the US unless coming from Cuba or North Korea:
https://hts.usitc.gov/?query=9503.00.00
The thresholds mentioned above ($800/$1,600) have to do with bringing goods back
from a trip but I don't think they apply to toys in any case, where the duty
is free.
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Even if I read it like you (= the threshold is when you carry the items through
customs yourself in your luggage), it’s often mentionned as applying to all imports.
And the value differs from post to post. So I resumed by “it’s unclear”
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| | | | | | | | | | | | | Author: | peregrinator | | Posted: | Mar 27, 2022 10:40 | | Subject: | Re: Import charges from UK to US | | Viewed: | 27 times | | Topic: | Shipping | |
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| In Shipping, SylvainLS writes:
| | Even if I read it like you (= the threshold is when you carry the items through
customs yourself in your luggage), it’s often mentionned as applying to all imports.
And the value differs from post to post. So I resumed by “it’s unclear”
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My point was that I don't think the threshold applies to toys, which are
duty-free. Even large imports of toys are duty-free (I was just reading about
this) but harbor maintenance fees etc. will still apply. Obviously that's
the kind of massive shipment that wouldn't apply to a BL order.
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| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Author: | peregrinator | | Posted: | Mar 27, 2022 10:43 | | Subject: | Re: Import charges from UK to US | | Viewed: | 26 times | | Topic: | Shipping | |
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| In Shipping, peregrinator writes:
| | In Shipping, SylvainLS writes:
| | Even if I read it like you (= the threshold is when you carry the items through
customs yourself in your luggage), it’s often mentionned as applying to all imports.
And the value differs from post to post. So I resumed by “it’s unclear”
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My point was that I don't think the threshold applies to toys, which are
duty-free. Even large imports of toys are duty-free (I was just reading about
this) but harbor maintenance fees etc. will still apply. Obviously that's
the kind of massive shipment that wouldn't apply to a BL order.
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I think this would be the sort of thing someone would have to pay, who was importing
a large quantity of toys to the USA in order to distribute to retailers.
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| | | | | | | | | | | Author: | popsicle | | Posted: | Mar 27, 2022 11:36 | | Subject: | (Cancelled) | | Viewed: | 109 times | | Topic: | Shipping | |
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| | | | | | | | | | | Author: | popsicle | | Posted: | Mar 28, 2022 00:10 | | Subject: | Re: Import charges from UK to US | | Viewed: | 113 times | | Topic: | Shipping | |
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| In Shipping, peregrinator writes:
| | In Shipping, frosia writes:
| | Are you sure about that? I think a better answer is that the likelihood of paying
duty is low. There is always the potential of paying duty on the declared value
when importing - even if the item is marked as a "gift'.
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The thresholds mentioned above ($800/$1,600) have to do with bringing goods back
from a trip
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Personal vs Commercial Use, is what's considered by the CBP
You’re correct in assuming those numbers apply to items deemed “personal use”
often as brought into the country while traveling abroad, and are not the numbers
used by the CBP for goods deemed commercial use, to include internet purchases
entering via international mail (same goods entering via courier or freight,
are handled differently within the CBP guidelines)
The CBP view all goods entering the country for commercial purposes, as either
“formal” or “informal” entries (by mail or freight) the threshold for either
is still $2,500. The difference in entry types, lies mostly in restrictions applied,
and the requisite paperwork. Restrictions protecting certain national industries
and markets, as well as illicit items including goods made illicit by sanction,
etc.
Now empirically in practice, even the $2,500 threshold is not always applied.
-popsicle
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| | | | | | | | | Author: | 1001bricks | | Posted: | Mar 27, 2022 10:50 | | Subject: | Re: Import charges from UK to US | | Viewed: | 37 times | | Topic: | Shipping | |
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| In Shipping, frosia writes:
| | In Shipping, SylvainLS writes:
| | In Shipping, Draig62 writes:
| | Hello,
I've been asked by a potential US based customer how much Customs fees they
are likely to pay if they purchase approximately £175 of LEGO from the UK and
shipped to the US.
Can anyone let me know the US import/customs fees please?
Many thanks
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None. (There may be a threshold, but no one is really clear on the value: $800,
$1600… but way over your order.)
All they have to pay is Sales taxes (which is a State/county/town thing, not
federal, not customs) unless they are in one of the few US states that doesn’t
force BL to collect them.
And they would have to pay that even they were buying from a US seller anyway.
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Are you sure about that?
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From EU to USA?
I confirm.
I already recently posted about this.
There is NO Customs/Import tax in USA up to a HIGH amount (last time I've
seen it it was about 6000$ goods...)
Do NOT play the Gift thingy or anything shady; that's the way to get troubles/shipped
back/delays.
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