In most countries in the world you have to pay taxes on imported goods. That's life.

Sometimes goods under a certain value, or in certain categories, do not incur taxes.

The rules are different in every country.

In any one country the rules are often applied differently in different places, and sometimes rather randomly.Therefore anything you buy from export country is going to be imported as far as your customs are concerned.

Unfortunately there is no way for the export country to know the rules, regulations, customs, traditions, practices, loopholes, schemes, systems, paperwork, codes, laws, or rulings of any country.

As the export country cannot, and will not, offer advice about taxes in your country usually.

As the buyer, it is your responsibility to find out that information before you order from outside country.


If you have to pay import taxes and/or additional duties and sales taxes (e.g. VAT in the UK) then you would have to pay that to the courier upon receipt of the package(s) from the export country. Unfortunately the export company can't calculate this for you and there is no way to pre pay it. If you are drop-shipping or sending a gift item to someone please make sure they are aware of the possibility of having to pay taxes when receiving the goods.

If you order goods from the export country and feel that you've been unexpectedly 'stung' with taxes at your end, please don't blame the export company.
Please find out as much as you can about your import taxes in your own country before completing your order.

If you find out information about the import tax situation in your country, and you believe there are ways for you to minimize the taxes you have to pay (or eliminate the taxes altogether), usually,the export company ARE MORE THAN HAPPY TO FOLLOW YOUR INSTRUCTIONS regarding labelling, packing, declarations, invoices, etc. Just tell them what you need and they will let you know what they can do to help.

If you don't tell export company anything,they will just state on the shipping waybill the "Nominal Retail Value" and the goods will be declared as Samples. In many countries this still means you're going to have to pay tax to the courier when you sign for the goods.

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