Shipping courier and duties/fees

[peterz]

I don't know how about Italy but in Slovakia if you buy goods from outside of EU and for personal usage there is limit 22EUR (per shipment) where you don't pay anything extra. For 22-150EUR you pay VAT which is currently 20% (VAT needs to be paid also for packaging and shipment services). Above 150EUR needs to be paid VAT + DUTY.

Hi peterz, in italy is the same.

Amount of duty depend on what kind of goods you are buying. I called customs few weeks back and asked what would be an DUTY for PINE A64. The person told me for computer components which are NOT COMPLETE AND WORKING APPLIANCE (for example notebook with OS installed is considered as working appliance) there is NO DUTY FEE. The same person gave me also category number where it might be assigned 84733020 or 84733080.

Thanks for the very usefull information. 

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I have received my tracking number too. It's china post.
I'll update you in case of duties in future

Have you received your PINE already? I found an article in newspaper that from 1st of May 2016 will be in place new changes in EU (Union Customs Code).
According my colleague it seems that even if you are buying something for yourself (not the company which want resell products) and amount of shipment is over 150EUR you will need provide some extra documents (perhaps some certificates that products are not copies/fakes of some other vendors) to customs people.
In my case I purchased components in amount around 220USD (around 200EUR) what clearly exceeds 150EUR limit.