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Tiger
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I was looking potentially importing £1000 quids worth of carb rebuild kits for Yamaha MX bikes as I'm having difficulty sourcing parts from within the UK and we pay 4 times the cost. £1000 gets 50 kits from the US. Any idea what import duty rates are?
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when i bought my rear wheels from america they were £640 and i payed £150 import duty
Tiger
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So we're talking about 25% then.
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This is a great site Ben, check it out;

http://www.dutycalculator.com/new-import-duty-and-tax-calculation/
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Cheers Whittie, looks like it works out to approx £260 in tax and duty. Which would leave profit at about £500 on a £1270 spend.
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Remember though you can claim back the sales tax you pay if applicable in the states which can vary from 6-8% depending on the state so factor that in potentially.
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Do you claim it back or just not pay it if its being sent out of the state in which they pay the sales tax?
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Totally depends on the company. You shouldn't pay it to begin with as they are invoicing your address in the UK but I has paid it before on items from America when using mail order.
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quote:
Originally posted by Toby
Remember though you can claim back the sales tax you pay if applicable in the states which can vary from 6-8% depending on the state so factor that in potentially.


Wrong (well mostly wrong TBH). Sales tax is a state tax, it's not a national tax like VAT which you can avoid paying if you're outside of the EU for example.

Some states don't have a sales tax like Delaware or New Hampshire for example, so buy from there if you can. Others like Louisiana offer tax free shopping for international visitors but I understand that's only if you are there in person (rather than buying over the Internet).

 
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