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IIRC, it’s because VAT was not normally charged below a certain amount (€22 or so in the Netherlands, off the top of my head, probably a similar amount in the UK) but places like AliExpress sell literally* container-shiploads of stuff for way below that from outside the EU.This is a result of an EU directive on VAT collection for imports to the EU. I believe to close a loop hole that was being exploited to evade VAT.
* And I do really mean literally.