Re: They will likely do as UK Customs seem to do and assume guilty
I've just had a similar fight with Aust. customs. They wanted to charge me 5% duty on $2000AUD worth of goods from the USA that were meant to be duty fee under the FTA. I eventually won the dispute and only paid brokerage + GST.
But the fact that they tried it on anyway (when the nature of the goods and tarrif code clearly indicated the situation), is the bit that is annoying.
It _seems_ that that their SOP is 'charge unless we get caught out'.
Not looking forward to them being involved in collecting/processing the little stuff too.
(and I'm sure they're not chuffed about it either)
Biting the hand that feeds IT
