How much profit from the £8 customs charge

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Dear Royal Mail Group Limited,

How much of the £8 customs "handling fee" is profit?

Postage is already paid, so this fee cannot be for Royal Mail staff, package handling or storage as ALL post gets handled and stored in the standard postage price.

Also, customs staff are employed by the government which is paid for by TAX so these need to be excluded too.

Yours faithfully,

Mr Batstone

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Dear Mr Batstone

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Yours Sincerely

Daniel Tulp
Information Rights Officer
[Royal Mail Group request email]

Royal Mail is a trading name of Royal Mail Group Ltd. Registered in England and Wales.
Registered number 4138203. Registered office at 100 Victoria Embankment, LONDON, EC4Y 0HQ

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