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Why do international recipients pay fees, can a sender prepay fees?Customs, duties and other fees assessed by the destination country for an item can NOT be paid to the United States Postal Service when the item is mailed. The recipient of the mailpiece is the only one who can pay the customs fees.All items entering a foreign country are subject to customs inspection and assessment of duties, taxes, and fees in accordance with that country's national laws. Customs duties and taxes are assessed, generally, if the item sent is dutiable and if the value of the item is above the threshold set by the country's laws. Each country assesses customs, duties, and taxes. Check the Worlds Customs Organization website for general information, or visit the website of that country's customs service.It is important to understand that, if duties and taxes are assessed on an item mailed via the Postal Service, they are collected from the recipient. Postage is charged to cover the expense of delivery only. Postage does not cover charges assessed by customs in the destination country.
Goods sent as a gift that are over £40 in value are liable to import VAT. Customs duty also becomes payable if the value of the goods is over £135 but is waived if the amount of duty calculated is less than £9.To qualify as a gift:■ the customs declaration must be completed correctly■ the gift must be sent from a private person outside the EU to a private person(s) in this country■ there is no commercial or trade element and the gift has not been paid for either directly or indirectly by anyone in the UK■ the gift is of an occasional nature only, for example, for a birthday or anniversaryNote: if you purchase something from outside the EU to give as a gift to a relative or friend, whether or not addressed to that person, it is treated as a ‘commercial consignment’ for which the import VAT relief threshold in paragraph 2.3 applies.