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Finland develops user-friendly duty calculator

Päivi Maunuksela-Malinen Senior Customs Officer, Customer Service Specialist, Finnish Customs
June 30, 2019
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Finland develops user-friendly duty calculator
Finnish Customs has developed an online Customs duty calculator, enabling consumers buying goods online to easily determine the amount of Customs duty and value added tax (VAT) that they more than likely have to pay to clear their goods.

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