shipping to England

[Normin storm]

Hi I shipped from Galveston with Elite Shipping do not use this company big mistake. My A/S did not go straight to England it went via Zebrugge where it was left for five days it was ransacked and the engine was terminally damaged.So be sure that when you take it to the docks it goes straight to a port in England.They use very large ships to cross the Atlantic then break the cargo down in Zebrugge Belgium to ship to various countries around Europe, in smaller ships this is where the damage is likely to happen I would also advise insurance as there is no come back with the shipping line.If you are importing into England there is a 10% tax on shipping and the A/S plus 17% V.A.T.making a massive 27% total on all your costs.Most important get write ups of the various shipping companies. I did'nt and am still paying the price.There are web sites that have customers results .Try try typing shipping to the U.K.Be lucky

[Moonstruck]

Originally Posted by Normin storm

If you are importing into England there is a 10% tax on shipping and the A/S plus 17% V.A.T.making a massive 27% total on all your costs.

If your trailer is over 26' long then it's considered a static or mobile home and the import duty is considerably less. Only about 2.5% of CIF(COST + INSURANCE = FREIGHT).

Marc

[Chiefy]

The tax / duty thing looks like a mine field but I looked here:- Commodity | Business Link

There doesn't seem to be any demarkation on length??????