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This section includes:
1) Travelling to the UK with Your Work
2) Shipping your work to the UK
1) TRAVELLING TO THE UK WITH YOUR WORK
(a) Check if you need a visa. (This usually does not apply to USA and CANZUK countries.)
(b) You must declare work at the UK border and pay VAT tax.
You can either:
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Richard Hopkins
Five Star Freight Systems Ltd
The Mill, Horton Road
Stanwell Moor, Middlesex
TW19 6BJ
Tel: 01753 686901
Fax: 01753 686801
info@fivestarfreight.com
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Always declare your work “Temporary Admission” and describe it as “Handmade and contemporary work”. This means you may qualify for VAT at 5%.
Make sure you have a detailed itemised list for customs if you are bringing jewellery or lots of small items and the total value is over £5000. Please make sure you check regulations for silver items.
After the fair, you can claim back the VAT tax on any items you did not sell using your EORI number.
2) SHIPPING YOUR WORK TO THE UK
(a) As of May 2017, we do not accept shipments from Fedex or DHL.
Alternative shippers, and much cheaper, are UPS, EMS or your National
Postal Service. Box Brothers in the USA are also reasonably priced.
Let the exhibition manager know which company you are using.
(b) You must pre-
We will not accept any parcel that has not pre-
You can claim back tax using an EORI number. Get an EORI number online. It is free: https://www.gov.uk/eori
If you are using “Pack and Send” or another third party shipper, please contact us. If your shipper has told you that taxes are paid on arrival, this is not strictly the case.
If you are using your National Postal Service or EMS you cannot pre-
How is tax worked out?
VAT is a sales tax for goods sold in the UK. You are pre-
(c) Write “For Temporary Admission for an exhibition” on your waybill if you have an EORI number and want to claim back tax. Include your EORI number somewhere.
(d) Fill in the description section about your products on the waybill or your work will be held for months. Make sure you describe somewhere that it is “Handmade” and “Contemporary art work [or whatever product you make]”.
What to include before you ship your work:
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What not to include:
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The address to ship to is:
Parallax Art Fair
c/o SafeStore
29 Seagrave Road
London
SW6 1RP
UK
Parcels must arrive between 22 -
When your shipping arrives, the shipping department will notify you.