How Brits Spread Christmas Joy To Each Other And The World

parcelhero SENDING JOY TO THE WORLD A BREAKDOWN OF THE GIFTS BRITS SEND AROUND THE WORLD EVERY YEAR WHERE WE SEND Top 10 destinations The UK sends Christmas Presents to: GERMANY CANADA 1. AUSTRALIA 2. UNITED STATES IRELAND FRANCE JAPAN 3. CANADA 4. GERMANY SPAIN USA HONG KONG 5. FRANCE 6. IRELAND 7. SPAIN 8. NEW ZEALAND 9. HONG KONG 10. JAPAN AUSTRALIA NEW ZEALAND WHO'S FOR BRUSSELS SPROUTS? Belgium receives proportionally the least Christmas presents from the UK. WHAT WE SEND Top Gifts the UK sends out by destination: Sweets Toys AUSTRALIA IRELAND Board Games Jumpers JAPAN UNITED STATES Books FRANCE Socks Toys HONG KONG SPAIN Sweets CANADA Chocolate NEW ZEALAND Chocolate GERMANY K TOP GIFTS BRITS POST TO OTHER BRITS: 1 2 4 Hampers Consoles/games Bikes Books Toys Unusual Christmas gifts sent with ParcelHero last year include a 'Christmas accordion', a bird house and a trampoline! LOOKING FOR INSPIRATION? TOP AVERAGE PRESENT VALUE BY DESTINATION £156 £145 01. HONG KONG 02. AUSTRALIA £139 03. UNITED ARAB EMIRATES £136 04. MALAYSIA 05. PHILIPPINES £124 £122 06. SINGAPORE £119 07. SOUTH KOREΑ £109 08. CHINA £108 09. BRAZIL 10. THAILAND £96 DID YOU KNOW? The top three countries that Brits send Christmas decorations to are: Australia, Spain and the USA TAXING TIMES 7 GIFT THRESHOLDS Don't get caught out by import duty and taxes this Christmas. When posting outside the EU many countries apply these charges at customs if your gift is worth more than their threshold value. Last shipping Gifts under the following value will not incur any import duty or tax date Country for delivery by Christmas Australia 17/12/2015 1000 Australian Dollars Canada 23/12/2015 60 Canadian Dollars China 21/12/2015 1000 Chinese Yuan India 16/12/2015 1000 Indian Rupee Мexico 18/12/2015 50 US Dollars South Africa 21/12/2015 400 South African Rand USA 23/12/2015 100 US Dollars * Where no specific Gift exemption applies, standard exemption threshold for all shipments, including Gifts, is quoted. CUSTOMS REMEMBER! It's always nice to give someone a surprise gift, but when sending presents outside the EU be sure to specify what is inside on all documentation. On average parcels labelled only 'gift' or 'present' were held 20% longer in customs last Christmas. ΤELEPHΟΙ Find all the last dates to get your presents delivered before Christmas at ParcelHero.com/Christmas DON'T MISS THE CHRISTMAS POST! All figures are taken from historic ParcelHero data, using a weighted index based on average delivery volumes per country. HONG KONG - AUSTRALIA UNITED ARAB EMIRATES MALAYSIA PHILIPPINES SINGAPORE SOUTH KOREA CHINA BRAZIL THAILAND