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Your customs broker if they are handling the freight as well as the clearance can often preclear it for you.
FedEx, DHL, UPS etc usually do this - so the goods unless unusual or suspect will often be cleared before they are delivered to the nearest depot. That is how you can get goods delivered from the US in 4-5 days.
In any event they are usually clearing this electronically - so even if they cant start the process until its arrived its all done online from their PCs.
You usually cant do this if its by post - so you have to wait for a letter to appear in the mail from customs - receive it, complete it, send it back, and await them to process it and then send it from Customs to you
So 7-10 days turnaround would be around the mark.
Unless you make a mistake in which case the merry go round goes around one more time !
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