The United States is the destination this hub's own demand asks about in the most different ways, and the published answer is a single number with a lot of conditions attached. Parcel2Go's own USA page prices five services and the cheapest is £11.59 on Evri Standard Parcelshop, read on 10 September 2026. That is carriage for the parcel the page quotes by default, and everything that decides whether it is the right number for you sits either side of it.
What is actually published for this route
One company publishes a price. Parcel2Go's USA page prices five named carrier services, cheapest £11.59, and its page for the reverse direction is priced the same way. Parcelforce publishes its own USA directory page with service and customs detail and no price, which is why it counts here as coverage rather than as a figure. Royal Mail publishes international zones rather than country prices, and Evri could not be verified per country because it serves one identical document at every country path.
The duty position, which moves
Duty and import tax at the US border are charged on the goods and are not in any carriage price here. The thresholds and treatment for low-value consignments have changed more than once in recent years, which makes this the one destination where checking the current position before you promise a customer a landed price is not optional. GOV.UK's export guidance is the place to start; the carrier's own page is not.
Why the same parcel is quoted so differently
The five services on that one page are not five speeds of one product. A ParcelShop drop-off service and an express integrator's door-to-door service differ in who clears customs, whether a signature is taken, what the compensation limit is and how a failed delivery is handled. Comparing them on price alone is how a sender ends up with a cheap service that cannot do what the shipment needed.
Sending the other way, and personal belongings
Parcel2Go prices the USA to UK direction on the same page family, and the duty flips: 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 and they are not automatically exempt; the relief that exists depends on the circumstances of the move rather than on the goods being second-hand.
Questions people ask about shipping to usa
How much does it cost to send a parcel to the USA?
Parcel2Go publishes £11.59 on its own USA page, the cheapest of five services it prices there for the parcel it quotes by default, read on 10 September 2026. Duty and import tax are on top.
Who pays customs duty on a parcel to the USA?
The recipient, unless the sender has chosen delivered duty paid. The thresholds have changed recently, so check the current position rather than relying on what was true a year ago.
Is it cheaper to send to the USA than to Australia?
On these published figures, marginally more expensive: £11.59 to the USA against £11.10 to Australia, both from the same broker's own country pages on the same day.
Can I send personal belongings to the USA as a parcel?
Yes, within the size and weight bands, but they are not automatically free of duty. Any relief depends on the circumstances of the move, not on the goods being used.