Does anyone know what import duty I should be liable for if I bought a Chinese carbon frame (from Ali express)?

I’d also be very interested to know what duty people actually paid too.

TIA

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Depends what value they put on the package. I recently had a pair of carbon 29er rims from China and they put a value of $50 on them. They got held in Parcelforce customs at Coventry for a few weeks and I ended up paying just over £20 iirc. Most of that fee was their handling charge though (£12.50 I think) Would be worth asking them to put a low value on.

Im no expert but worst case is Vat at 20%, and/or import duty ~8% (i think) plus handling fee usually about 8-15 quid.

I’ve had forks from Taiwan come right to thd door with no charge though so sometimes you get lucky…

Hi. I bought a flyxii carbon road frame and paid soemthing like £20 for my “bicycle parts $50”.

Been commuting 100 miles a week for a year on it and it hasn’t yet exploded and killed everyone!

Thanks guys – I do seem to recall some discussion of anti-dumping taxes in the past that was something like 50% 😯

but it doesn’t sound like that’s applied..

Been commuting 100 miles a week for a year on it and it hasn’t yet exploded and killed everyone!

I’ve done one ride on my carbon 29er rims and they haven’t exploded yet 😀

Just got some Chinese Carbon Wheels. They were marked FOC samples but still got held by customs for a couple of weeks and then ended up paying £38. That did include the £12.50 Parcel force handling charge though.

I think some people get away with it but not many.

I *think* the anti-dumping only applies to complete bikes from China. Otherwise it should be cost + shipping + duty (4.5% on bike parts) + VAT on the whole lot.

Thanks Sam. if only there was a Singular for me…

I bought a 29er from flyxii and paid something in the £30-40 region including Parcel Force’s we shaft you fee.
Only done one ride on it so far, and it too hasn’t exploded 😀

~ £20 on the last Frame and forks I received from China, can’t remember what the marked value was but they were described as ‘bicycle components’

does the “gift” thing still work? i used to order tons of RC kit from the far east and never paid a penny of duty, i just asked them to mark everything as a gift.

I didn’t pay anything on mine.

Didn’t pay anything for mine either. Incidentally mine will be for sale shortly if you’re after one. New frame should be here this week then I can strip the old one down for sale. There’s a pic of it in my old posts.

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does the “gift” thing still work? i used to order tons of RC kit from the far east and never paid a penny of duty, i just asked them to mark everything as a gift.

Adds to list with Amazon & Starbucks…..

I have had 7 frames in the last year and they all was around £20.