Re: OT: can I send CDs by mail to Germany?
On 23 Apr 2005, Martin Dickopp wrote:
[on mailing CDs internationally to Germany]
>If you send from a non-EU country, you will have to fill out tax and
>customs form CN 22, or CN 23 if the value of the CDs exceeds US-$300.
>Be honest on the form, otherwise the customs office in the destination
>country might hold the package indefinitely. If the CDs are "commercial
>merchandise" (i.e. the recipient pays you for them), additional
>restrictions might apply that I don't know much about.
I have done this experiment. When I was studying in Germany, my mother
(in the USA) mailed me a CD that I had bought and had delivered to my
home address by mail. She sent it to me and mailed it "commercial
merchandise," which it actually wasn't. Nevertheless, the German
customs office held it and made me pay tax for it. Otherwise I can't
remember what would have happened to it; if I remember correctly, it
would have been sent back to my mother.
I was rather peeved.
Laura Melton
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