Shipping methods customs and indication of approx cost July 2026

SHIPPING TO EU SUSPENDED from 12 Aug 2026. The new EU PPWR regulations requiring separate EPR registration in each EU country make it commercially unviable for me. It affects all businesses inside and outside the EU, regardless of scale. There is a huge hoo-hah about it inside the EU and is due to be reviewed by EU Parliament in October. Let’s see – maybe the situation changes.

I exclusively use Royal Mail and their international carrier partners. Sometimes I have to break large orders into 2 shipments – this is still far cheaper than using a courier.

When you contact me to order I will calculate the shipping fees and tariff/customs fee you will need to pay to me for PDDP. (all duty paid by me up front with shipping cost)

If non PDDP (Canada/Oz/NZ/Japan), then I will calculate shipping cost – but the customs fees are for you to pay direct when your National Postal service asks for it.

I use a tracked PDDP service whenever possible so that I can pay the customs charges up front. This is the fastest and most reliable way of shipping internationally.

country	service	price range	customs	customs admin fee
UK	tracked24	£3 to £8	–	–
USA	PDDP	£14 to £23.60	10% tariff	£1
Canada	tracked	£12 to £27	??highly random!!	??
Oz/Nz/Japan	tracked	£12 to £27	10% GST for Oz	??
EU	PDDP or tracked	£10 to £16	VAT 19% to 25%	£3 to £30 (!!)