Private import

I imported leather shoes through amazon.com last month. After ordering the shoes, Fedex Japan called me about the price of the shoes. It seems that it need to pay a custom duty. After that, I checked about import duty and I learned that it is import duty is expensive.

I bought it with import duty because it is more reasonable compared with Japan's store. I know need to pay shipping costs but I didn't figure out the duty cost. So, there are three costs; shoes cost, shipping cost, and duty cost.

Through this experience, I already know why leather shoes are very expensive in Japan.