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Questions about sending items to France?
I sell jewelry online. I just got a request for one of my pieces from France. My question is wither or not French customs will allow my item. It’s a handmade polymer clay bead, painted with acrylics and finished with a gloss. It’s also attached to a leather neck cord with silver lobster clasps?
I’m trying to look it up online but I’m not getting very far.
Yes they will allow it but the real issue is taxes. The recipient has to pay an import tax on the parcel if they receive something ordered outside of the European Union. You obviously don’t want your customer to receive a bill from the French customs as they may not want to shop with you again in the future.
The only way to avoid this inconvenience for them is to pack it as a private parcel from a friend (no sticker stating your business name if you have one) and make sure you check the box that says "gift’ on the sticker that USPS will put on the parcel (that’s the most important thing, this is what will cancel their liability to import tax).
In other words, YOU risk nothing, on your end of things there is no problem, but for good business practice you should spare your buyer any bad surprise.
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October 2nd, 2009 at 6:44 pm
I don’t see how that could be any problem. I’ve sent jewellery pieces (necklace, earrings) to my friends in the past and they arrive just fine.
If you are posting from US, have a look at this guide by USPS for postal prohibition to France and applicable postal rates etc. http://pe.usps.gov/text/imm/fh_005.htm
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October 2nd, 2009 at 7:12 pm
sure why not!
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October 2nd, 2009 at 7:17 pm
Yes they will allow it but the real issue is taxes. The recipient has to pay an import tax on the parcel if they receive something ordered outside of the European Union. You obviously don’t want your customer to receive a bill from the French customs as they may not want to shop with you again in the future.
The only way to avoid this inconvenience for them is to pack it as a private parcel from a friend (no sticker stating your business name if you have one) and make sure you check the box that says "gift’ on the sticker that USPS will put on the parcel (that’s the most important thing, this is what will cancel their liability to import tax).
In other words, YOU risk nothing, on your end of things there is no problem, but for good business practice you should spare your buyer any bad surprise.
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It happened to me twice, both from the US to France and from France to the US: people had ordered things for me (and had them shipped directly from the company to me) and I ended up having to pay taxes on things I hadn’t even ordered!