The United States is the busiest corridor in this hub's demand and the one where the published carriage price is the least of the decision. Parcel2Go's USA page prices five services and the cheapest is £11.59 on Evri Standard Parcelshop, read on 10 September 2026. What sits around that figure, the customs treatment of low-value consignments and which company clears it, is what actually decides whether a parcel arrives cleanly or sits waiting for someone to pay something.
What is published, and by whom
One company. Parcel2Go prices five named services on its own USA page, cheapest £11.59, and prices the reverse direction on the same page family. Parcelforce publishes a USA directory page with service and customs detail and no figure, which counts here as coverage. Royal Mail publishes international zones rather than country prices, and Evri serves one identical document at every country path so nothing country-specific could be verified for it.
The duty position, which is the moving part
US treatment of low-value imported consignments has changed more than once in recent years, and it is the single thing most likely to be out of date in anything you read about this route, including a carrier's own page. Check the current position before you promise a customer a landed price. GOV.UK's export guidance is a better starting point than any commercial page, and this record deliberately does not restate a threshold that moves.
Five services is not five speeds
The services on that one page differ in who clears customs, whether a signature is taken, what compensation is included and what happens to a failed delivery. A drop-off product and an integrator's door-to-door product are different purchases. Comparing on price alone is how a sender ends up with a cheap service that could not do the specific thing the shipment needed, and on this route that thing is usually the customs entry.
The reverse direction and personal effects
Goods arriving in the UK meet UK duty and import VAT on value plus shipping, collected by the carrier with a handling fee. Personal belongings are the common special case: they are not automatically relieved, and any relief depends on the circumstances of a move rather than on the goods being used. A box of your own possessions is not exempt simply because you own it.
Questions people ask about parcel to usa from uk
How much is a parcel to the USA from the UK?
Parcel2Go publishes £11.59 on its own USA page, the cheapest of five services it prices there, read on 10 September 2026. Duty and import tax at the US border are on top.
How much is shipping from the USA to the UK?
Parcel2Go prices that direction on the same page family. Goods arriving in the UK meet UK duty and import VAT on value plus shipping, plus the carrier's handling fee, which nobody publishes in advance.
Do I pay customs on a parcel to the USA?
Usually the recipient does, unless you choose delivered duty paid. The rules for low-value consignments have changed recently, so check the current position rather than an older summary.
Can I send personal belongings to the USA?
Within the size and weight bands, yes, but they are not automatically free of duty. Relief depends on the circumstances of the move rather than on the goods being second-hand.