Why don't you check the actual duties from your customs&exise (or equivalent) instead of Amazon?

 

I asked, there was no reply to my email. A new tax system called GST was introduced on July 1st here in India. I believe the steep duty rise is because of that tax system.
I know that the duty was 41.492 before July, and Amazon and Indian eBay importer sellers used to charge the same amount, 42% approx. But now, they have increased their prices a lot.

 

In the UAE its 5% on anything (not just watches) with a declared value of more than... I forgot the exact number, it was either 200 or 300 USD.


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In the UAE its 5% on anything (not just watches) with a declared value of more than... I forgot the exact number, it was either 200 or 300 USD.

That is great!

In Australia, if the watch plus shipping is greater that AU$1,000, then 10% Goods and Services Tax (GST) is payable on both the watch and shipping,

I think I know about this rule. I have a family member living in Australia. My next watch would be ordered to Australia

 

In Australia, if the watch plus shipping is greater that AU$1,000, then 10% Goods and Services Tax (GST) is payable on both the watch and shipping, plus there is an administrative charge of under $100 if I recall correctly. If valued under $1,000, then no charges are applied. Also, if the item is marked as a gift, no charges are applicable.

Edit: provided the legislation passes parliament, from 1 Jul 18 the $1,000 tax free threshold will be reduced to $0, although I believe there may still be a tax free threshold if you bring the goods in personally. Others may know better than me.

 

What's the Customs Duty on purchasing and importing watches in your country?

Don't confuse import duty and taxes like VAT or GST.

In the EU, we pay 0.50€ for importing a watch, but about 20% VAT. However, bear in mind that we pay the VAT for ALL goods we buy, but we simply don't notice when we buy locally, since it's already included in the sales price. The only price we actually pay additionally when we compare a watch bought locally or imported from outside EU, is the import duty, which is negligible.

 

As o know it's 19% importing from US to EU.

 

In the UK, there is no import duty for a single watch. We do get hit for VAT though at 20% which is also charged on the cost of shipping + shipping (if not free) + shipper 'handling charges', usually around £10-15. If you're very lucky, a watch may get through without being charged VAT but this depends how honest the seller is with their customs declaration. It's sometimes cheaper to just pay the UK price with VAT already included (if the watch is available here), otherwise we gotta suck it up...

 

In the UK, there is no import duty for a single watch. We do get hit for VAT though at 20%

For India, just replace the word VAT with Duty
We "get hit" with duty. That's what we call. If somebody is lucky or the shipment is not coming via big logistics companies like DHL, FedEx, etc., it may be delivered without any duty.

 

0% import duty and sales tax in Hong Kong for watches, or anything else really.

The couple of exceptions being alcohol and tobacco as expected. With spirits (whisky and the like), the duty is 100% (!!!) the value of the good. Crazy stuff. Depending on the value of the bottle, it could actually be cheaper to fly to another country, buy the bottle and carry it back as part of the 1L alcohol allowance.

 

0% import duty and sales tax in Hong Kong for watches.

0% in Hong Kong, no surprise because that's where most of the watches are exported from. Still, great for you people if you want to order Swiss watches or from USA and other countries.

 

Typically, here in Canada you will pay the 5% GST and then whatever your provincial taxes are. Being in Alberta, we have no provincial sales tax so I just pay the 5%. Ebay charges a stunned amount of tax, far higher than what CBSA would assess on the item you're buying. That global shipping program is a joke.

 

I believe it's 28% now on watches under new regime. In fact prices are down under GST on watches!

 

No, It used to be 28.852% before this year's budget. I paid this much duty for my Orient Mako II that I received in January this year.
Since February, it became 41.492%. In may, I was looking for Seiko SKX007 on various websites. Amazon.com page showed the estimated duty to be around 42%. I ordered from eBay, DHL charged me around 42% as duty + some handling charges.
Now, since the arrival of GST on July 1st, Amazon is showing the duty to be around 82%. It's no coincidence. I believe something has changed, surely.

 

In the US of A I have never had any concern over customs costs.

 

it was like CAD 280 on my Nomos Club (833 euros) and CAD 70 for my GW50001jf (USD 273)
(approx 20% of value)

 

Im looking to buy a watch from Hong kong and ship to Pennsylvania. Its a preowned watch SP is less than $800 whereas the MSRP is over $800. Will there be any duty on this purchase? Will they look up the MSRP over internet to levy import duty or they will ride with the declared value on the shipment?

 

My experience has been declared value. Just make sure it's labeled as a used watch.

 

Will it pass thru if it's labelled 'used'? I had a different experience (unpleasant rather) in our country.
What are the chances if opening the shipment and checking? Moreover the intended watch is fairly newish with tags and all. So just curious.

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Hope this is the right place to ask this. What is the process if you are simply doing an exchange, non monetary 1-1 swap from the US to the UK and vice versa.

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Hope this is the right place to ask this. What is the process if you are simply doing an exchange, non monetary 1-1 swap from the US to the UK and vice versa.

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You'll still have to pay customs on it coming into the US as an import if the package gets pulled aside. I've brought in probably a dozen watches from overseas and been hit with customs twice. Once from Japan Post and once from FedEx.

It's a variable customs cost in the US though, and there are legal and honest strategies you can use to minimize your cost.

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In my country it's supposedly around 30-35% but they have layers of taxes/duties and they also charge for the daily warehouse rental etc so it ended up being closer to 45-50% instead