Hi

I would like to have a $500 camera sent from the UK to my address in Thailand. I am concerned about import tax, if payable and where do i have to go to pay it? Should i get it send parcelforce (which is tied up with EMS) or DHL or another courier.

I am worried someone will expect me to go from my house in Chiang mai to Bangkok airport to pay an import duty. Obviously i dont want to do that!!

Any advice greatly appreciated!

I have good experiences with Post or EMS. Avoid UPS. If you lucky it slips through marked as gift, otherwise you can pay the duties at your local post office if shipped by Post or EMS.

8 small packages shipped via Post I paid only once import duty. From 3 packages shipped via Courier like UPS, Fedex etc. I paid 3 times import duties, though they arrived also very fast.

Because the camera is quit expensive I would use EMS (Parcelforce).

Yup ^^^, use one of the Parcel Force International options, you can insure it and many are trackable to the door in Thailand.

You will likely get stuffed for duty and VAT mind My test gear insured for 250 quit cost us 1000 Baht in import duty, not excessive.

Hope you have read this post ?

http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/379403-dhlcustoms-at-it-again/

You can find out the import tax here:

http://www.customs.go.th/Customs-Eng/Sample/Sample.jsp?menuNme=Sample

Warning: its a lot. Best avoided.

Edited June 30, 201016 yr by andyww