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How to calculate customs clearance charges
When importing a consignment of goods from outside the EU, you need to provide the details of its value to the HMRC and you may need also a valuation declaration.
Why? HRMC uses the import value to calculate the customs duty payable on your imported goods and the import VAT.
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Methods of calculating import value
Try the next method if…
1
the transaction value – the price payable to the seller
there has been no sale of goods
2
the customs value of identical goods, produced in the same country as your imports
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3
the customs value of similar goods, which must be: produced in the same country, able to carry out the same tasks and commercially interchangeable
there are no similar goods
4
the selling price of the goods (or identical or similar goods) in the EU
there are no EU sales of the goods
5
the production cost of the goods, including the cost of any materials, manufacturing and any other processing used in production
production cost information is unavailable
6
reasonably adapting one of the previous methods to fit unusual circumstances
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Method 1
This method is applicable for over the 90% of import consignments.
You should add to the calculation…
- delivery to the EU border
- most commissions (except buying commission)
- royalties and licence fees paid by you on the imported goods as a condition of sale
- containers and packing
- any proceeds of resale the seller will receive
- goods and services you provide to the seller for free or at a reduced cost – eg components incorporated in the imported goods, or development and design work carried out outside the EU and necessary for the production of the imports
Please note that they might be already included in the seller’s price.
You can exclude from the calculation…
- delivery costs within the EU
- EU duties or taxes
- taxes paid in the country of origin or export
- quantity and trade discounts and those relating to cash and early settlement, that are valid at the time the goods are valued
- dividend payments to the seller
- marketing activities related to the imports
- buying commission
- export quota and licence costs
- interest charges
- rights of reproduction
- post-importation work, eg construction or assembly
- management fees
Note that you will need to meet certain conditions.
Value for import VAT
How to calculate the value for VAT purposes
You must add all of the following items to the goods’ value for duty, unless they have already been included:
- all incidental expenses incurred up to the goods’ first destination in the UK, eg commission, packing, transport and insurance
- all such incidental expenses that result from transporting the goods to a further destination within the EU (if that destination is known when you import the goods)
- any customs duties or levies payable on import to the UK
- any excise duties or other charges payable on import to the UK
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