Woo Hoo I got tracking numbers!!

[Tony Miles]

It's Royal Mail - Tariffs?? - you mean I met stuck paying even more??

[ForresterModern]

It's Royal Mail - Tariffs?? - you mean I met stuck paying even more??

Royal Mail is generally a good sign as they are the least likely to enforce customs tariffs. That said, the shipper has to put a valuation sticker on the outside of the package that states the item specifically (in this case presumably wool Kilt) and the valuation (theoretically what you paid them for it, although sometimes shippers are nice and undervalue things for you). Depending on that valuation, and the fact that you are receiving finished goods (customs regs are extremely confusing here) you may still be assessed an import tariff as a percentage of the value of the item(s) imported in that shipment. Generally, finished fabric goods could be tariffed at up to 17.5% of their value, although in my experience and discussing it with others it may go through clean with no tariffs (typical for Royal Mail) or get hit with anything in between nothing and the 17.5%, in which case they will contact you to pay the tariff, usually after releasing the item for delivery.

Again, good luck. Pics are required, or it never happened.


Oh, one more thing. Those tracking numbers for Royal Mail are generally only good until the package hits customs, then it will simply state the last place it was in the chain up to that point, i.e., that it made it to customs at whatever port. You will not know when it leaves customs, and after that it enters the USPS system where they do not track oversees packages. So expect an indeterminate blackout period after tracking says it is in customs, as the customs guys may take their time getting around to releasing it, then it has to wind through the USPS and will probably need to be signed for upon delivery. If you get dinged with tariffs, they will either call you to pay them while it is still in customs (unusual) or you will be invoiced by mail after the package arrives. So don't be surprised if some days or weeks after your beauty is already on your hips a letter arrives from customs demanding a tariff payment, but it is unlikely.