FREIGHT THAILAND 🇹🇭 – UK 🇬🇧 | Rates – Transit Times – Duties & Taxes

Transit times

In fact, air freight transit times vary according to various factors:

• Different budget, different transit times

At SIAM Shipping, our main concern is to adapt our offer to your expectations and budget. Thus, whether you need an urgent shipment on the next available flight, express shipping, or a standard air freight service, we have a tailored solution for you.

However, as you can guess, the transit time will be shorter if we book an urgent shipment, as compared to a regular air freight service, requiring 2 or 3 days more usually.

• Transit times are not only made up of flight duration

When forecasting transit times, flight duration is not the only factor we have to take into consideration.

All other logistic steps have to be considered:

• Packing
• Customs clearance
• Delivery
• …

*Contact us now. Our experienced staff will put their experience and expertise at your disposal to forecast transit times.

Air freight rates

*Air freight is all about quick deliveries and efficiency. Obviously, this comes with a greater cost than ocean shipping.

As every shipment is different, it is not useful to provide you with approximate shipping costs, as it depends on the type of cargo you want to ship, the volume, the weight, the destination, etc.

We thought it would be more useful to help you understand how professionals like SIAM Shipping calculate shipping rates.

The rule every company will use is to multiply the volume of your shipment in CBM by 167. For example, if you need to ship the following parcel: W: 120cm, H: 67, L:46, the total volume is 0.37m3 (rounded). If you multiply it by 167, the volumetric weight of your air shipment is 61.76kgs.

Now you have two options:

• The real weight of your parcel is greater than the volumetric weight
• The volumetric weight is greater than the real weight of your parcel

We always take into consideration the greater weight when calculating rates. In this case, if your parcel weighs at 50kgs, we’ll be using the volumetric weight of 61.76kgs when quoting you.

Despite this, the weight is not the only factor affecting the quotation.

Naturally, the price will also depend on the service you require. A door-to-door service will obviously be more expensive than a door-to-airport.

What duties and taxes will I pay for my goods ?

*Every single shipment you want to import into the Kingdom has to go through customs for further controls.

Your responsibilities

You may have to pay VAT, potential customs duty or excise duty to get your shipment cleared.

It should also be noted that:

• You pay an excise tax on any alcohol or tobacco sent to the EU
• Goods must be declared properly to ensure a smooth customs clearance

It is important to be in full compliance with the latest regulation, otherwise the risk is that your shipment will end up being seized by the authorities.

GST and Customs Duty

The standard rate of VAT is now at 20%, since 4 January 2011.

*Some things are not subject to VAT, eg postage stamps, financial and property transactions.

Import duties from Thailand to United Kingdom

Tariffs and Taxes

United Kingdom is aligned with the Harmonized Tariff System (HTS) for imported and exported goods coming from members states of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN).

Here is the composition of an HS Code, you can now see what an HS code is and what does it mean.

Paying duty on imports from Thailand

You usually have to pay duty on products brought from non-EU countries when they’re first imported into the EU.

The amount to be paid varies according to the classification, determined by the UK Trade Tariff and depending on their final use. No shipment can be released without the payment of all duty payable and UK vat.

You might be subject to an exemption of duty charges and VAT refund for specific import processes from Thailand, for example if you need to import for a specific amount of time some products before moving them to another country.

Specific case : The gift

*When you exceed the maximum value not subject to customs duty, you are subject to this tax.

Let’s take the following examples. You want to ship some gifts from Thailand to the UK for your family/friends, you have to consider the following duty rates:

Customs process