Re: B&H in NYC to England - OK???

Tony B <tony@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:

> Rob Morley wrote:
> 
> > No.  Import duty is separate, and is calculated according to "The 
> > Tariff" published by HMRC.  There are many categories of goods, and 
> > different rates of duty, that can be checked here:
> > http://ec.europa.eu/taxation_customs/dds/cgi-bin/tarchap?Lang=EN
> 
> thanks for the link rob, it would seem HMRC is a bit behind the 
> technology (fancy that) to have an 18-200 lens in the tables.. anyway I 
> decided it was not that worthwhile in th eend and got it sourced in UK.
> 
> On a more philosophical note, WHY is HMRC allowed to set import tax? Is 
> it supposed to protect our vulnerable domestic camera/TV/car industry? 
> Don't the EU have something to say about it now?
> 
> I dunno, taxes...
> 
> T

	Me? I live in US and I have no experience about VAT or importing tax, but
I have ordered several photography related items from Australia, Hong
Kong,
and may be 1-2 times from UK and no VAT nor importing tax whatever but a
normal S/H fee.  Several times they arrived few days sooner than within
US.