customs and powders

[Baldur2630]

has anyone of you experience with sending powders to UK as sea freight with a container?
I mean with an Chinese ore maybe UK forwarding company which provide also shared container load for customers with small parcels.

The shipping with the air couriers has become a problem because of the stricter customs.
That i must wait more than maybe 14 days longer for the parcel is not the problem, the most important for me is the sucessfull delivery.

If there is anyone with experience please let me know- also with PM.

There are two places which ship from Europe. WARNING - I HAVEN'T CHECKED THESE OUT YET! I've got an order from both of them which should arrive next week. The one ships from Holland, the other from Cyprus. Both are in The EU, so they don't go near Customs, just the same as when you drive across borders.

I don't think it's allowed to post the URLS on here, but you should be able to PM me

[marcus300]

There are two places which ship from Europe. WARNING - I HAVEN'T CHECKED THESE OUT YET! I've got an order from both of them which should arrive next week. The one ships from Holland, the other from Cyprus. Both are in The EU, so they don't go near Customs, just the same as when you drive across borders.

I don't think it's allowed to post the URLS on here, but you should be able to PM me

they do check goods/parcels coming in from other EU country's. My friend works for them and if you check under the ref HMRC Reference:Notice 143 (February 2014) A guide for international post users section 4.1 it states 4.1

Are there customs controls on goods from the EU?
The Border Force carry out selective checks to ensure that no prohibited goods such as drugs, indecent or obscene material, weapons etc, are received in the UK from other EU countries. The Border Force also carry out routine controls for revenue purposes. However, because goods from the ‘Special Territories’, that is, countries who are not included in the fiscal territory of the EU (see paragraph 4.3), are subject to excise duty and import VAT, they are processed in the same way as goods imported from outside the EU.


http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/customs/post/...ocedures.htm#1