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Hi Paul The unfitted remain on schedule for August end and are in transit. The Park Royals will get a full update in the coming days as the Project Manager assesses the production samples.

We’d certainly hope we keep updates clear and frequent and the status page tracks all updates. In the case of the 071 there was no data so we felt it not suitable to leave it on the status page. If that changes we can add it back in

The exact timing may pull in slightly, but we should have an exact date in the next week or 10 days

As my last post it hadn’t been showing VAT dynamically but is fixed now. Unless it’s on your order list the order didn’t go through. If it’s a preorder the system will just take card details to hold / secure the order (like booking a hotel) then you can pay on arrival as you prefer.

Thanks for the heads-up on that guys, the system should now correctly show Euro Vat inc Prices, and append a little 'inc. Irish VAT' specifically for Irish customers so you can be sure. Example link https://www.accurascale.com/en-ie/products/br-class-50-br-blue-d423-dcc-sound-fitted

Thanks will do some checking. Does it make a difference if you are logged in first?

The site should show prices in Euro with ‘inc. vat’ appended. Where are you browsing from ? If the site can’t tell if you’re in the EU it will just show ex Vat and then add it on when you confirm your location.

https://irishrailwaymodeller.com/resources/

Didn’t Trump remove De Minimis for Chinese goods? So tariffs apply from $1 of value now.

Here is the EU entry for the category Commodity information for 9503003000 This tariff is for 2 March 2019  Change date  Check the chapter notes to make sure this code is suitable for your product. Get guidance on this product area: Electric lamps, Toys, games and sports equipment Discuss this chapter in the forums All sections Section XX: Miscellaneous manufactured articles 95 Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof 03 Tricycles, scooters, pedal cars and similar wheeled toys; dolls' carriages; dolls; other toys; reduced-size ('scale') models and similar recreational models, working or not; puzzles of all kinds Electric trains, including tracks, signals and other accessories therefor; reduced-size (scale) model assembly kits https://www.trade-tariff.service.gov.uk/trade-tariff/commodities/9503003000?currency=EUR&day=2&month=3&year=2019

Actually part of the entire war is that the deminimis was removed. So tariffs and duty will be levied on the entire shipment value. Re New Zealand models are not toys but a dedicated category of their own and should not have duty charged (this is of course separate to tariffs) Accurate labeling is key here but some carriers at national level do ignore such things. The important point here is that no one in China cares and no one outside the Us cares as it doesn’t effect them in any way at all. Unless your business is entirely based on exporting to the USA (or importing from China to the USA) (like all the US outline manufacturers for example) then tariffs don’t change anything.

There is no duty on models globally unless NZ are a bit ‘independent

(joking) Says a guy in New Zealand? you can indeed shop in New Zealand dollars and even browse the website in Māori:)

actually the entity doesn’t matter as it’s ultimately owned by the Dublin company. No prices changed at all. All points were transferred. Just for the record and sake of accuracy.

Perhaps we might, if possible, return to the topic at hand? Or at least the broad hobby? As it stands right now if you buy say $400 of models from IRM for delivery to the USA than you will be asked to pay import duties and fees of at least $580 before your models will be released to you. So that $400 loco is now effectively $1000