Refund on import duties - Sweden to UK. Advice needed.

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I'm in the UK. I'm about to drop about £1,000 on a couple of jackets from a Swedish retailer. Off the shelf jackets, not custom.

However, I want to know how easy it is to get a refund on the import duties should I decide to return either of them. The carrier is UPS.

Has anybody in the UK been through this before with returns? Is it easy?

Thanks

 

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I'm in the UK. I'm about to drop about £1,000 on a couple of jackets from a Swedish retailer. Off the shelf jackets, not custom.

However, I want to know how easy it is to get a refund on the import duties should I decide to return either of them. The carrier is UPS.

Has anybody in the UK been through this before with returns? Is it easy?

Thanks

You are about to enter a minefield. Sorry I don't know the category for leather goods but I have been in the distribution business most of my life.

What might be of help to you is the UK Tax Office Import/Export website. Did you know that if you pay import duty, you must pay UK vat as well? Check it out: https://www.gov.uk/guidance/vat-imports-acquisitions-and-purchases-from-abroad
UPS have a very helpful website about import/export with a section for emailing them with any queries.
https://www.google.com/search?q=ups...AgQYgGAZAGCLoGBggBEAEYFA&sclient=gws-wiz-serp
Sweden is not as yet in the European monetary union so they can still set their own VAT rate, worth knowing that you might be exempt from paying that.