Sending myself some clothes - custom issues?

[Kantace]

Hello,
I assume this is an issue many people had already. I move in fall from Germany. I can bring about 20kg of clothes and stuff with me on the plane. However this will not be enough. So I will send myself another 20kg of clothes via DHL. I am contacting the German authorities with regard to their custom regulations. Does anyone know it there are any cost if I send myself a package of clothes from the HK side? I have no idea about their worth. Some jeans and shirts are around 5-8y old... they are casual guy clothes I bought during my early 20s.

[Gruntfuttock]

No cost at the HK end - the only goods on which there are customs duties in HK are alcohol, oil and motor vehicles.

And I'm 99.9% sure no issue at the German end either. I don't think anywhere in the world would raises taxes on moving used clothes around!

[Kantace]

thank you for your fast response

[jayinhongkong]

There is also duty levied on tobacco and motor vehicles. You can use Deutsche Post and send it surface if you want; it will work out cheaper and if you don't need your clothes immediately, you might as well save some money! I recently sent 12-15 kg back from Austria through surface mail and it only cost me 50-60 Euros.

[kimwy66]

Would it not be cheaper to buy extra baggage allowance on your flight?

[drumbrake]

Maybe cheaper to buy new clothes when you are in Hong Kong. Quite good quality clothes are reasonably priced.

[Kantace]

I will fly cathay and according to my understanding of this chart it is

http://www.cathaypacific.com/cx/en_H...ge-charge.html

60 USD per kg

[looseleaf]

Ouch! That's a crazy amount to charge. I've flown between Japan and London and only paid about £30 to take an extra 20kg suitcase. This is worrying as I was looking to take an extra bag from London to HK on CP as well

I think postage might be easier.

[HowardCoombs]

Some airlines (eg: Cathay) screw you big time.
Some airlines (eg: Air NZ) are very nice and reasonable with extra bag charges
While many others are somewhere in between.

[HK_Katherine]

Look at unaccompanied baggage not extra suitcase on plane. A fraction of the cost and cheaper than post.

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