Postal Duty Payments

[milkycheese]

Hi TV PPL,

I was sent something in the post from UK to Thailand valued at 20 GBP. The postal guy arrives at my home with parcel and states I must pay 1300THB on this incoming post, more than the cost of the item! How can they work this out?

Totally digraceful ... who decides on this, any legislation?

[Crossy]

Thai customs will determine the duty payable, regular post doesn't actually attract duty often with 99.9% of parcels just arriving, possibly with a small service charge (a few Baht) but you're obviously the 0.1%.

What is the item, was it correctly declared on the customs label?

You can of course query the charge.

[h90]

or you can refuse to take it

[CharlieH]

Value of item + postage cost × 20% import duty + vat

Thats an average guide, will vary dependant on item and mood of person involved.