[meteorite-list] Shipping to Italy Question

[Pekka Savolainen]

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
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> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Greg Catterton" 
> <star_wars_collector at yahoo.com>
> To: <Meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
> Sent: Sunday, August 30, 2009 9:40 PM
> Subject: [meteorite-list] Shipping to Italy Question
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>
>> 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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Pekka Savolainen

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