Monkey D. Luffy wroteIf at the "gomrok" they weren't such a**holes I would have bought all what Amazon/ebay has to sale xD
But unfortunately you have to pay at least a huge percentage of the price of your item TAX!
What huge percentage? Items that are labelled as "computer accessories" only have tax applied. There are no customs on "computer accessories". Items that are labelled as "electronics" have 5% customs in addition to the 10% tax. 1.05 * 1.1 = 1.155 meaning 15.5% extra max. If your item includes an invoice, then the price used for the customs to be calculated is the item price in the invoice shipped with the item. There would not price the item at the price they estimate (conjure?), according to what I know (I've tried it this month and last month and every once in a while for the last 4 years).
This is what the Nexus 7 costs to be shipped from outside:
Item price: $200 (add shipping in US here, something small. Let's say $200)
Arrived at Aramex PO Box (costs $35 to have your own PO Box in US, UK, and China altogether): weight of item is 340g (the tablet). With accessories, let's say they consider it 1KG (2 half-kilos): 10.2 for first half KG + 8.5 for additional half KG = $18.7
Customs, handling: $218.7 * 1.05 + 6$ = $235.635
Tax: $235.635 * 1.1 = $259.1985
So $259.2. If it's considered to weigh half a kilo, then you save yourself around $9.82. It becomes $249.38.
$395 is ridiculous.