Reply To: Buying tefillin online. Need help.

@Tefillin Rabbi – In many cases there’s some amount of import tax for shipments that cost more than 300 USD or so, depending on the region. UPS/FedEx clears those for the recipient, and then collects the money upon delivery, whereas local mail generally holds the package at the local customs HQ, and requires you to make the payment yourself.

So in the case of tefillin, ranging to over a thousand, import tax is almost definitely going to be incurred in quite a number of countries.