Derek, custom fees include all of about 10 fender lips. Custom fees itself are about 3% plus paperwork. So each set will be $ 15. The other paperwork ($ 25) will be done in Germany for shipping. Helmut '80 Camper ---------- From: Derek Drew To: Vanagon Subject: Customs Fee Very High? Date: Saturday, 6. September 1997 15:25 >The price is as shown: > >fender lips (3 kg) DM 320.00 $ 177.78 >chrome (3 kg) DM 220.00 $ 122,22 >Shipping to US per kg DM 5.50 $ 3,06 >Paperwork total DM 45.00 $ 25,00 >Customs US total appx. $ 150.00 >Shipping in US $ 7.50 > A customs fee of $150 on a part costing $177? Why is this customs fee so high? What about my experience of importing parts with paying no customs fee whatsoever? ___________________________________ Derek Drew New York, NY drew@interport.net |
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