Latvian Firewood

[windfall]

minimum order was 24 x 2m3 crates with the firm i spoke to. But they wanted E130 for 2m3 crate. so E3120 for a full load + E1780 to the main land uk.

 

Which worked out at £180 for a 2m3 crate physical on the main land uk.

[Billy68]

ive had that email aswell hit the delete button

[County4x4]

The 2 cube crates were slightly MORE than 2 x 1 cube ones. Had another email from them and I was right in thinking that haulage wasn't included. I just assumed they'd be selling by the truck load - probably makes a lot more economic sense to export that way than a crate here and a crate there.

I might send them my delivery address to let them quote for haulage just out of interest. Does anyone know if there'd be any import charges to pay seeing as Latvia is in the EU?

[JayVee]

Regarding import. It depends on the type of wood.

[davidjm55]

I used to own a freight forwarding business and what you have to bear in mind is that when you import anything you have to pay UK VAT and any customs duty that is due when the lorry clears through Customs in the UK, so this has to be added to the cost. What I would suggest is that you ask this company for the details of their UK Customs clearance agent and then phone them to ask what is involved. As far as I know VAT of 5% is payable for logs that are for domestic purposes and 20% if it is a commercial transaction so it would be wise to find out in advance before you commit to anything.