it depends whos bringing it in, some companies will send a letter (FedEx) and others will just bring it along and ask for money at the door (EMS / Parcelfarce).
The parcel company is the one that charges you, NOT the customs people. FedEx is one of the worst.
I have had kits from japan (old ones, like optima, ultima, optima mid etc) in about 3 days. I bought the kyosho ZX-5 from japan to review - before it was available anywhere in the world, and it took about 2 days to arrive from paying to landing here - of course then I had a WEEK of waiting until parcelfarce bothered to deliver it to me.
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