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Its not just import duty you have to worry about, couriers charge handling and storage fees which bump it up considerably. Pistons I ordered ended up with about another 25% added to the cost. The worst was I had to pay that on the total cost of the item INCLUDING the shipping, which adds even more.
As Julie has said, we estimate around 35 - 40% will be charged on the items (not motorcycle related) that we regularly have sent from Japan. This includes Vat, Customs release fees and so on!
There is something dodgy going on, everything I have bought from usa has had import and handling charges, but everything from China comes through untouched Sent from my SM-G950F using Tapatalk
With E-Bays GSP all expenses are covered. No charges from the post office for handling as it's pre-paid. However it seems they overcharge on import duty, I was watching a part the other day $25, postage was £30 but import duty was another £11. I messaged the seller and said we don't pay import duties on items less than £135 so where are the charges calculated from, I got a message back saying GSP or nothing, I chose nothing.