AVASK can clear customs for your shipments in the following countries: UK, France, Germany and the Netherlands.
There are different systems in place in each country for import VAT payments.
- UK – PVA (postponed VAT accounting) this allows you to not pay the import VAT, you simply need to have the VAT and EORI number in the UK. Your transporter selects this on the customs documents and also the additional filing is completed by your UK VAT agent.
- FR - There is an automated system in France that allows you to not pay import VAT when bringing goods into Europe. It is automatically applied to all shipments with a French VAT number and an EU EORI number.
- DE - Germany customs use the deductive method and so the import costs are typically higher. They will request the retail price and then deduct costs to then calculate the import VAT and duties.
- NL - The article 23 set up allows you to import into the Netherlands and not pay import VAT, only duties are payable. For non- EU companies, it does require fiscal representation and a deposit with the Netherlands authorities. You can also import to another EU country via the Netherlands and pay no import VAT, this works by providing the EU VAT number and indicating on the shipping documents the intention to store elsewhere. This option requires limited fiscal representation to declare the shipment correctly.