In all EU-countries you have to pay VAT, if the value of the shipment
outside EU is higher than the limit, in Finland some EUR 45.00 =
USD 64.00, and that means, the customs stops the shipment and you
have to clear it.
Given that EU law only requires that the standard VAT rate must be
at least 15% (in Finland 22%).
Usually "Rocks sample for study without value" works ok, and you
should not have troubles with customs in EU.
best,
pekka s
Francesco Moser kirjoitti:
Hello! About 1year ago the Italian Post had a lot of problems! The
italian newspapers have spoken about more than 200ton of mail (also
registered and assured mail) blocked for many weeks, beacuse there
weren't enough postmen for deliver the post. In that period the
internal post and the foreing mail were very very slow...and many
package went lost! At now seems all works better... But, as Matteo
tell you, at know the Customs are the very big problem. Could happens
that the post stops at the customs for more than 2-3weeks and you have
to pay more than 25% of fees. Every times I ask to the dealers to
indicate on the package something like "Rocks sample for study without
value" and indicate as value 0$ or something just a little more
expensive than the shipping cost...10$ or 15$. At now I have had
problem just one time, the package was sent back to the dealer. But I
never lost anything. The Deutsche Post had lost 1.2g of Mars that I
have sold to a German collector!!!!
Thanks!
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Francesco Moser
IMCA #1510
----- Original Message ----- From: "Greg Catterton"
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To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Sunday, August 30, 2009 9:40 PM
Subject: [meteorite-list] Shipping to Italy Question
I have seen many people are not willing to ship to Italy without high
dollar postage. What is the reason for this?
Also, what other places should people be careful when shipping to?
Thanks,
Greg C.
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