Friday 16 September 2011

Custom charges questions ,buying from Japan?

I purchased a 1:1 figurine from Japan, the seller very kindly allow me to change the price shown on the parcel to any amount i want and take off the price tags..so as i previously had purchased an item from Japan cost around 5000 yen without paying custom charges ,i told them to put 5000 yen and mark it as gifts and take of all price tags

The item is 1 to 1 scale so its quite large (within the limit size of EMS) and the weight is like 18kg

is it possible that i still have to pay for custom charge.
Custom charges questions ,buying from Japan?
they are on the hmrc site