Custom Duty paid on UK orders exceeding $800?

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Originally Posted by Polyglot

Whoever told you this is either misinformed or lying. I import and have imported products from throughout the world and have never had a mixed shipment of products dutied at the highest element duty rate. Perhaps there might be some new rule by which a private individual is treated differently, but it is most assuredly not the case for businesses. Did you work through a broker or did you handle the documentation yourself?

You can believe whatever you want, but I used to have the dept of Homeland Security HTS codes table sitting on my desk, complete with their guidelines. Whether you ever got dinged for it is irrevelent, I was pointing out a consideration to help others.