KompetentKrew
Well-known member
Currently in Portugal, there are a number of items I'd like to buy from UK suppliers, if only because it's easier to navigate an English-language website.
Other items seem significantly cheaper in the UK, which I can't make sense of.
Is this going to be be easy, difficult or impossible?
My best guess is that the UK supplier will be obliged to sell the item VAT free, declaring its value on the customs form, and then local VAT will have to be paid to the courier on arrival.
Any thoughts?
Please don't derail this thread with suggestions of EU suppliers like SVP - I know of them, and can search for them if necessary, but can we stick to the customs and VAT procedures of shipping UK to EU in this thread, please?
Other items seem significantly cheaper in the UK, which I can't make sense of.
Is this going to be be easy, difficult or impossible?
My best guess is that the UK supplier will be obliged to sell the item VAT free, declaring its value on the customs form, and then local VAT will have to be paid to the courier on arrival.
Any thoughts?
Please don't derail this thread with suggestions of EU suppliers like SVP - I know of them, and can search for them if necessary, but can we stick to the customs and VAT procedures of shipping UK to EU in this thread, please?