Onefinity Woodworker - Germany

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Hey Thomas,

if you want information on the shipping and customs, I posted this the other day:

@Aiph5u

I live in Germany and since the machines come from Canada, and between the EU and Canada the CETA agreement applies, I only had to pay the German VAT (19%). DHL Express still took about 60 EUR for the customs clearance process.

What was steep was the DHL Express shipping cost of 650 EUR for a Journeyman with QCW frame.

Onefinity states here that the HS Code for their CNC machine is 8458190090. There is no entry for this on the TARIC database of EU commision available here but 8458190000 shows 0% import duty for Canada (thanks to CETA). If the machine came from the USA, third country duty 2.7% is displayed (because TTIP has never come into force).

The shipment consisted of four packages (weight and dimensions described here)

@Aiph5u

When the shipment tracking showed the packages were in Germany, we got an E-Mail from DHL Express (to the E-Mail address that you specified in the ordering process) with a payment request for the Import VAT. It was a link to a web page where you could use different payment methods. After we paid, the packages were delivered. DHL Express does the customs clearance process for you and adds a small fee for this service. At least this is how it was done in Germany.

@rombel

I am looking for some exchange and tipps with owners in Germany.

I share my knowledge, as far as I have some, in this forum.

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