For Denmark (EU) Text from
http://www.toldpriser.dk/toldreglerWhen you buy a product in a country outside the EU, which has a value above 80 kr, you must pay VAT, duty and customs of the goods.
The rates at which a shipment must clear customs are as follows:
Less than 80 kr: You need not pay customs duties, VAT or customs clearance fee
80 to 1,150 kr: You must pay VAT and customs fee
Over 1,150 kr: You must pay VAT, customs and clearance fees
Let's say you buy some clothes in the U.S. at a price of 1,500 kr,
You pay 50 kroner to get the product sent home to Denmark and the duty forexample. jeans and jeans is 12%.
Calculation therefore looks like this:Duty is 12% of product value and postage ie. (1,500 kr + 50 kr) * 0.12 = 186kr
The VAT is 25% of product value + postage + customs, ie. (1500 + 50 + 186) * 0.25 = 434 kr
Add to that clearance fee of DKK 160
You will then be charged 780 kr from Tax and Post Denmark to get it to Denmark.
When the clothes are at home at your doorstep, you have therefore paid:
Price of goods:
1500 krShipping: 50 kr
Customs: 186 kr
VAT: 434 kr
For customs: 160 kr
Total: 2325 kr