The Ukrposhta joint-stock company announced that, starting July 1, all 27 EU countries will begin phasing in new rules for processing commercial parcels.
Ihor Smilianskyi, CEO of Ukrposhta, wrote about this on his Telegram channel, the Ukrainian News agency reports.
“Attention—CUSTOMS DUTIES on parcels! But not into Ukraine, rather from Ukraine!” Smilianskyi wrote.
“This is very important news—though, I understand, not very welcome—for everyone who sells goods to the EU or sends product samples or gifts worth more than EUR 45,” the post reads.
Due to very tight deadlines, countries will be rolling out the new rules gradually.
Thus, if VAT has already been paid on the marketplace, a service fee of EUR 3 will be charged for each product code, and if VAT has not been paid but the country is already technically ready, Ukrposhta will immediately process the VAT as well (initially this will apply to 5 countries; others will join later).
National logistics fees and the postal operator’s service fee may also be charged.
Smilianskyi also noted that Ukrposhta has not only coordinated processes with all 27 EU countries but has also implemented full IT integration through the International Post Corporation (IPC)—an international organization headquarteredin Brussels that brings together the world’s leading postal operators.
If you send a package via Ukrposhta, all the complicated work will be done for you: namely, the necessary fees will be calculated and transferred to the customs authorities of the destination countries, and the recipient won’t have to figure out where in Italy or another country to pay a few euros in customs duties, let alone pay additional fees.
Ukrposhta, together with the Ministry of Economy and the National Bank of Ukraine, is currently finalizing the last technical details of the mutual settlement mechanism.
As the Ukrainian News agency earlier reported, at the end of May, Ukrposhta launched a new format for receiving parcels.
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