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that's what it says on the little green stickers German customs puts on parcels with books in them - but not all of them. And occasionally I get one with a stamp that says it HAS been checked and approved by customs -

does anybody have an idea how the customs people go about deciding which packages to check?

I have an inkling it might be the country of origin, but I only noticed this a little while ago and do not yet have a large enough sample ;-)

What are your experiences with this kind of thing?

aganmooch
13 years ago

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If you're package comes within Europe, it has this green sticker "approved by customs" so it won't get delayed and opened by other customs. I had this problem lately and I need to go and picked up some of my packages, they asked for receipt etc. If you cannot proved your package is a gift then you need to pay tha value added tax which is 19% of the of the book's price...that's why you need to show the receipt. I don't know where all the customs located in Germany but with my own experience, my packages had been opened by three location already. They checked and open everything that comes outside Europe, so make it sure to tell your giver to declared as gift.

ylef
13 years ago