Describe it
We match your plain-English description to a customs heading, or let you supply the code.
IMPORT COST INTELLIGENCE
Know the border cost before you buy.
A plain-English duty and tax check for cross-border shopping. Start with a product, a destination and a value — get the answer with the evidence beside it.
Check a shipment ↓Evidence-led · dated · transparent about unknowns
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Check a shipment
Use the product description or HS code if you have one. Results are estimates until a customs authority confirms classification.
YOUR CHECK
Your duty answer
ESTIMATED IMPORT DUTY
£0.00
Why this is the answer
This estimate uses the published tariff rate for the matched product heading and route.
Evidence & limits
- Matched code
- 8518.30
- Source
- UK Trade Tariff ↗
- Effective
- 01 Jan 2026
- Coverage
- Import duty only
Does not include carrier fees, handling charges or taxes calculated on delivery. Classification can change the result.
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From product to answer.
Set the route
Duty depends on where goods leave and arrive. The route is part of every answer.
See the evidence
Every result shows its source, effective date, confidence and what it does not cover.
03 · METHODOLOGY
Clear enough to check.
DutyChecker is an evidence product, not a quote. It separates a published tariff rate from charges that depend on a carrier, declaration or tax treatment.
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Classification
Product matches are graded; uncertain matches stay visible as uncertain.
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Coverage
A zero result means no duty in the checked tariff, not “nothing else to pay.”
03
Freshness
Rates are dated so you can tell when the evidence was last checked.
SOURCE REGISTER
What we check.
UK↗
UK Trade Tariff
Official commodity codes, rates and measures for imports into the UK customs territory.
Primary source · checked 01 Jan 2026 · publication rights: reference linkGG↗
Guernsey Revenue Service
Local guidance used to describe scope, thresholds and tax caveats for Guernsey.
Primary source · checked 01 Jan 2026 · coverage varies by route