I am thinking of purchasing some bicycle jerseys from the U.K. - will I have to pay duty charges in the U.S.?

Question

The items purchased have an approximate value of about $275.00 (USD)

Answer 1

If you're ordering online, no you won't have to pay a duty.  Royal Post will get it here quickly, too.  I've ordered several times from Chain Reaction Cycles and had them ship it to the states.  

You shouldn't have to pay a duty on those if you were bringing them into the country on a flight, either, but if that's the case I'd call the customs office to be sure.

Answer 2

Are you ordering them through the mail or bringing them back directly?  If they are being mailed, I'm pretty sure they have to put a customs declaration on the package, but I'd call the US post office and ask them how it works.

Answer 3

if you bring them back you might have to pay a duty on them. if you orderd them online you will be fine, it just may take them a while to get a U.S postal tracing number.

last year i ordered a bluetooth from japan, i had a japenese tracking number then the date it hit the US system and number...