Hi Kay,
You will usually get charged 17.5% VAT plus customs duty and a flat
admin charge levied by the shipper. I found that whenever packages
were shipped by FedEx there was no escape from tax and duty.
Sometimes I’ve bought items that were shipped by normal postal
service and I escaped charges, but not very often.
This question came up a little while ago - you can see my reply to
it here:
It includes links to where you can look up customs duty charges on a
range of different goods.
Hope that helps,
Eva.
Eva Martin