English / US $ Introduction to customs duties
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Reference to tariff thresholds by country
Parcels with a declared value below the country's tariff threshold are usually not taxed (except in the case of fraudulent declarations). If your parcel is taxed, you will have to pay the tax yourself and assist with customs clearance.
Reference table of national tariff thresholds
Warm Tip:
1. In Switzerland, customs duties start at 100 Swiss francs and VAT at 65 Swiss francs.
2, Canada, European countries, the customs of the parcel inspection is more stringent, commercial courier such as: DHL, UPS, FedEx, etc. are levied tariffs have a greater chance.
3、For the EU countries, HundHunt part ofthe route to provide ioss services, you can choose whether to use the platform ioss to pay taxes on behalf of the demand.
Package Submission Suggestion:
1. The weight of the parcel is an important basis for the determination of civil parcels and commercial parcels by the customs of various countries. More than 10kg is regarded as commercial parcels with higher probability, so please consider the weight of the parcel when you submit the waybill.
2, too much of the same product is also judged as the basis of commercial parcels, please try to avoid using the same parcel to send a larger number of the same product.
3. In addition, due to the customs policy, please be careful when choosing to send pharmaceutical items.
The above information comes from the Internet data collection and organization, only for reference available, and does not have the role of standard guidance.
Clearance instructions:
Non-duty-free/non-supporting ioss agent service routes for customs clearance incurred costs will be borne by the user. Customs inspection of parcels is basically in the form of random inspection, if the customs think that your parcel is special (e.g. large size, too heavy weight or containing sensitive goods, etc.), generally the customs will take the initiative to contact the recipient to provide invoices or customs clearance documents (the costs required for customs clearance will be borne by the recipient). If the parcel is returned or destroyed because the recipient cannot be contacted or the recipient does not cooperate with the Customs to take the initiative to contact the Customs for customs clearance, the cost incurred will be borne by the recipient.
Notes on tax reform in the UK and EU countries
From January 1, 2021, the British tax reform, abolished the goods below 15 pounds of VAT exemption, replaced by 0 pounds, that is, the declared value of 0 pounds or more of goods will be levied by customs VAT. If you purchase goods on behalf of Pandabuy, you will be responsible for the tax.
Since July 1, 2021, the European Union tax reform, abolish the goods below 22 euros exemption of VAT provisions, replaced by 0 euros, that is, the declared value of 0 euros above the goods will be collected by the customs VAT. At the same time, the EU has launched IOSS (One Stop Import Service), for goods under 150€, it is recommended to declare VAT through IOSS number. HandHunt platform provides IOSS service for some logistics routes, which calculates the tax according to the fixed VAT rate of EU countries and the actual amount of goods paid for by your parcels, and requires you to pay 3% handling fee on behalf of payment. We will provide IOSS service for you by default. By default, we will pay the tax for you by using IOSS on behalf of the platform, if you need the recipient to clear the goods at the customs by himself, please let us know when you submit the shipping parcel, the following are the tax rates for different countries in EU:
| nations | VAT rate | service fee |
| Austrian | 20% | 3% |
| Belgium | 21% | 3% |
| Bulgaria | 20% | 3% |
| Republic of Croatia (1991-) | 25% | 3% |
| Cyprus | 19% | 3% |
| Czech Republic | 21% | 3% |
| Denmark | 25% | 3% |
| Estonia | 22% | 3% |
| Suomi | 25.5% | 3% |
| French | 20% | 3% |
| German | 19% | 3% |
| Greece | 24% | 3% |
| Hungary | 27% | 3% |
| Irish | 23% | 3% |
| Italy | 22% | 3% |
| Latvia | 21% | 3% |
| the Lithuanian republic, former Baltic Soviet republic | 21% | 3% |
| Luxemburg | 17% | 3% |
| Maltese | 18% | 3% |
| the Netherlands | 21% | 3% |
| Polish | 23% | 3% |
| Portugal | 23% | 3% |
| Romania | 19% | 3% |
| Slovakia | 20% | 3% |
| Slovenia | 22% | 3% |
| Spanish | 21% | 3% |
| Sweden | 25% | 3% |
Warm Tip:
1. For parcels using IOSS service, the total declared value will not be accepted for modification after the parcel is submitted; if modification is needed, please cancel the parcel and resubmit it.
2. For parcels using IOSS service, the minimum declaration amount will be limited to 30% of the value of the parcel contents, and the maximum declaration value depends on different routes.
3. IOSS agent tax payment service simplifies tax collection, accelerates customs clearance and improves customs clearance efficiency. However, it does not guarantee the shortening of the time limit for your parcels to be cleared, please refer to the operation time limit of the customs of the destination country.
4、Your parcels use IOSS agent tax payment service, the platform will pay the tax for your agent. However, it does not guarantee that your parcel will not be taxed twice by the customs of the destination country, if you face this situation, Handhunt suggests that you cooperate with the local customs to re-clear and pay the tax, and after you receive the parcel, you can contact us with the tax bill and proof of payment to return the platform to pay the tax.
5. In order to protect the rights and interests of users and the platform, HandHunt cannot provide you with the IOSS number used by the platform.
What are the risks of purchasing goods on behalf of others at customs?
1. Risk alerts:
For the goods purchased on behalf of the goods, when submitting the order and audit, the system will be for your goods for the risk of prompting. When the goods are sent to our warehouse, we will recommend a lower-risk mailing method for you based on the properties of the goods and experience in logistics and transportation.
Warm reminder: for some of the goods will inevitably have a certain customs risk (such as a small chance of return, confiscation, tax payment, etc.), the risk will be borne by you, please understand.
2. Declaration related:
For the goods purchased on behalf of others, please refer to "1. The starting point of tariffs of various countries" for reference and experience in logistics and transportation, and make a reasonable declaration (when submitting parcels, users can choose to declare the goods on their own or fuzzy declaration).
Warm reminder: the chance of parcels being taxed depends on the frequency of customs spot checks and the impact of policies, specific reference to the "starting point of tariffs in various countries", for customs-related risks (such as package return, confiscation, payment of taxes, etc.) will be borne by your own, please understand.
In addition, if the weight of your goods is large or the value of the goods is high, it will increase the probability of customs spot check, we suggest that you try to avoid parcels that are too heavy or too many of the same kind of goods.