We offer a Postal Delivery Duties Paid Solution (PDDP) to a limited, but growing list of EU and ROW destinations. Postal Delivery Duties Paid (PDDP) is a service whereby duties are handled by Royal Mail and the overseas customs authority/delivery partner so that the recipient does not incur any additional cost at the doorstep. Instead, VAT and duties are calculated and collected at the point of sale and paid to the relevant tax authorities locally via Royal Mail. 

PDDP can be used for both business to consumer and business to business sales. Royal Mail will accept items of any value via PDDP but individual country value limits should always be checked.
 

How Does This Work?

The service allows the UK merchant to calculate and collect from their customer at the checkout an additional amount that will cover the cost of import VAT and customs duty alongside the PDDP handling fee. Royal Mail convey the items to the overseas delivery partner. Upon arrival overseas any VAT and duties are calculated by the overseas authority and then billed to Royal Mail. Royal Mail then pass these on to the sender, including a 50p handling fee* per item. If you need help calculating tax/duty then you can use a landed cost calculator as part of your checkout.

* Fees subject to change in line with our International Specific terms.

How Can I Access PDDP Services?

All PDDP items must be sent via an approved shipping solution only and using one of the below product codes. To ensure that your items are successfully processed via PDDP, full and accurate electronic customs data must be included. Without the correct data, items may be delivered as DDU (delivery duties unpaid) or where this is not offered locally returned to the UK.

We recommend that you attach a signed commercial invoice to the outside of the item when exporting to the EU, this is not a requirement for America where existing CN22 or CN23 requirements remain the same.

Please note, in order to create a label within the shipping solution, you will be asked to provide additional information about customs duty costs. Your approved shipping solution will guide you through this information dependant on destination.   

 
How will I identify costs associated with PDDP?

Please register for E-Invoicing using this link. Once registered you will be able to access two types of documents: 

• Invoices 
• PDDP charges

E-Invoicing provides customers with a breakdown of charges. Each country has an individual description reference number and charges. 

1. 1 Select ‘description reference number’ 
2. 2 On the drop-down menu select ‘PDDP Reference’ 
3. 3 Insert description reference number in the search bar.  

The first page of the invoice is a summary that shows: line-item details, such as item ID and transaction date (date the VAT was raised). Billing will be in two parts: one for postage and one for taxes and duties. Please note: Invoicing for VAT and handling is separate to postage.