Sectors & Forums General Discussion

Please, could some kind soul point me in the direction of a good webb site or publication where I can find out how much import duty would be payable to send books to various overseas countries.

Middle East and Asia are common destinations.

I work for a small printing company and we now have a requirement to send training and medical text books overseas. Quantities vary from about 10 - 100.

My customers, (small businesses and individuals) are concerned about paying unexpected duties at their end.

I know that they should be able to get the information locally, but in the interests of customer service, it would be handy if I could give them a rough idea, of the import charges etc. that they are liable to pay before customs will release the books.

Many thanks in advance,

Hi David

 We tend to use the market access database at the following url:

 http://mkaccdb.eu.int/mkaccdb2/indexPubli.htm

I hope that this helps.

Many thanks Ross.

I have had quick play. It looks like just the thing I am looking for.

Kindest regards,

Dave