Hi folks, I've imported car parts (personal use) for years to Thailand from Japan and always paid Import duty + vat based on CIF where CIF was calculated like this;

CIF: The price of the goods + insurance + Freight charge (shipping fee).

I just tried a new shipping shipping company and according to them;
Freight charge = Freight Zone Charges (THB 590 per Kg) This Freight not mean Freight that you pay with shipper, It’s Freight Zone calculate from Customs announcements.

Is this how it works and have I been lucky for years ?

I paid around 990 THB for shipping, so I was expecting the CIF to be around 6,000 THB. But it's 10,500 THB according to them.

TIA

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