> The second way, which I'm hardly
> familiar with but which seems to work too, is to have it sent with the
> regular value declaration, but with the addendum "purchased as a gift".
I have experience with USA to Italy items. The seller must check whether the
item is a "sample", "gift" or "merchandise". That has not much influence on
Italian Customs, I think. Besides this, the sender must declare a "value".
>
> Also, according to Dutch customs, items will only be taxed if they're
> shipped in from out of the EU. I'm expecting a parcel full of lots of
> goodies from Germany, so I hope this info is correct :)
In Ialy I got something from Cumbria and Utrecht ;-) and I had to pay no
taxes. Customs were not involved at all.
Marco
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