From: "tim....." 
Newsgroups: uk.finance
Subject: Re: Cig Imports.
Date: Thu, 21 Dec 2006 17:24:42 -0000


"Tumbleweed"  wrote in message 
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> "51"  wrote in message 
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>> "Chris Blunt"  wrote in message 
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>>> On Wed, 20 Dec 2006 18:58:39 -0000, "51"
>>>  wrote:
>>>
>>>>Hi all.
>>>>Cigs in the Philippines cost £2.50 for a carton of 200
>>>>so significant savings to be had.
>>>>I have got relatives in the Philippines (wife's side)
>>>>Can I ask them to send a box of say, 20 cartons of cigs
>>>>and avoid various taxes and duties?
>>>
>>> How would this avoid tax and duty? The package would still have to
>>> pass UK customs when it arrived, and that's assuming it even makes it
>>> past the bunch of thieves in the Philippines postal system.
>>>
>>> Chris
>>
>> I am familiar with the PI postal pinching service.
>> I'd have the package sent by DHL or similair.
>>
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> Then its bound to have duty etc added.

ISTR reading that there is an excemption for
a small number of packets genuinely sent as
a 'gift' from a person know to you.

Can't remember where I read it though

tim