2 new items ive bought recently from abroad
Manitou fork and a chris king devolution headset
The CK came from the US and was flown here ,so it arrived quickly but incurred about £8 for tax and duty.
The fork came from Singapore and was shipped in a freightline container.It took about 12 weeks to get here and there was no tax or duty.
The fly always seems to incur taxes because i think its easy to unload onto an Xray machine(this will be where the handling charge comes in

. )Whereas the freightline container isnt as easy to check so it probably gets 'sniffed' for drugs/explosives and sent on its merry way.
If it can be easily sent by container then go for that ,as long as you dont mind waiting a few months

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