Royal Mail offer certain services that allow you to ship items, indicating that delivery duty has already been paid. There are three services that use this Postal Delivered Duties Paid (PDDP) format.
Royal Mail provide information on this in their guide:
"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."
We have added support for three DDP Royal Mail (OBA) services to ChannelGrabber now:
MPR - Tracked Service
DE6 - Untracked Service
MTV - Tracked & Signed Service
If you are interested in accessing these services, you can contact your Royal Mail account manager to get them activated. You will also need to fully understand the requirements around these services and accept liability for any issues relating to them.
When shipping using these services, labels will be created with DDP indicated on them. You will also be required to input the Quoted Landed Cost for your shipments in the field marked Delivery on the label creation page, prior to creating any labels.
From our label supplier's guide on the Quoted Landed Cost:
"[The Quoted Landed Cost is] the total cost quoted to the end customer for delivering the shipment. This includes shipping charges, other charges and any customs taxes and duties charges that were quoted to the end customer. "
The Quoted Landed Cost must be calculated by you and input prior to creating any labels for the DDP services offered.
Any questions around how these services work and further details should be directed at Royal Mail.