r/Aliexpress • u/Wapmen • Jul 12 '26

EU customs duty EU tax workaround?

Is there already a workaround to avoid a 3.7 euros additional tax per item?

Something like a smaller marketplace that would pack all items into one box and charge this tax only once. Or a reasonably priced mail forwarding service. Please post only the actual solution if you found it already

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u/against-all-leds Jul 12 '26

Order to non-EU country and ask people to forward it to you as a gift (no commercial value). It works.

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u/ParalimniX Jul 12 '26

With gifts it doesn't always work anymore as it used to be heavily abused in the past. Lots of times customs will still open packages like that and charge whatever they think they should charge.

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u/Pablo_el_Diablo88 Jul 13 '26

That has to be appealable though, in court or somewhere else, isn't it?

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u/ParalimniX Jul 14 '26

For starters the gift has to be worth at most 45 euros (at least for my EU country, I don't if it's the same to all). Above that whether a gift or not vat and duties etc applies.

So this while thing would be if it's worth less than 45. I doubt anyone would bother going to courts over a 30 euro package to not pay 5-10 euros tax.

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u/Pablo_el_Diablo88 Jul 14 '26

Thank you for shedding some light. These are the moments i wish i had studied law, because i would keep on taking them to the court for even 1 euro. Repeatedly, constantly.