Luck of the draw.........I've had 3 sent over, via my brother, and all made it no problem. If sent direct from seller, I would expect it to get hit with at least a 10 % duty on the declared value, if lucky.
I've had 2 electric items arrive from seller, from China, Express Del, so had declared values, and got hit with 10 %. Both $300 USD items.
Also had a heavy item, sent from brother, who had a $100 USD declared value, and they tried to hit me with 80 % duty, I refused, and showed them the actual receipt of item, quite a bit more than 100, and should have gotten a 10 % as a personal for kitchen item. The said it has a motor............ WTF ........ what kitchen appliance doesn't, and stated it would be 30 %. So it was returned to customs, and received back 2 weeks later..........with a 40 % duty......
Even with the shipping and 40 % duty, it was a better version and cheaper than same in Thailand.
Luck of the draw.......and they will assess it at what ever mood they are in. I have a Thai name, with Thai script, and that helped, 2 out of 3 times.
