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[Leo Niehorster]

For some strange reason, I just ordered a book from England, which delivered directly to my door by DHL (i.e. the German Package Post), with no import duty or handling fee! Perhaps because it is a "literature" book?
("One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez.)

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Leo

[sunday]

9 minutes ago, Leo Niehorster said:

For some strange reason, I just ordered a book from England, which delivered directly to my door by DHL (i.e. the German Package Post), with no import duty or handling fee! Perhaps because it is a "literature" book?
("One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez.)

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Leo

The quotes around literature are well placed 😄

But you could have ordered the Spanish original from here.

[Leo Niehorster]

Of course. I award quotes to the "Nobel Peace prize for Literature" as well. 🤮

But I do need an occasional dose of "literature", (have to keep my coffee table looking cultured), but I don't want to over do and read it in the original language. 😉

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Leo

[alejandro_]

40 minutes ago, Leo Niehorster said:

For some strange reason, I just ordered a book from England, which delivered directly to my door by DHL (i.e. the German Package Post), with no import duty or handling fee! Perhaps because it is a "literature" book?
("One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez.)

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Leo

I read it when I was in school and I was truly impressed by it. The influence it has had in Spanish literature and culture is huge.

[DB]

17 hours ago, Leo Niehorster said:

For some strange reason, I just ordered a book from England, which delivered directly to my door by DHL (i.e. the German Package Post), with no import duty or handling fee! Perhaps because it is a "literature" book?
("One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez.)

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Leo

Maybe this?

https://europeanbooksellers.eu/press/updated-eu-vat-rules-little-0-vat-printed-books-and-e-books

[Leo Niehorster]

Unfortunately, it states "... all EU Member States ...", and, unfortunately, so not the UK.

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Leo

[DB]

17 hours ago, Leo Niehorster said:

Unfortunately, it states "... all EU Member States ...", and, unfortunately, so not the UK.

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Leo

The UK has zero VAT on books unless they're designed to be written in/ drawn on.

Duty would be paid at the border according to the destination country rules. Of course, it's also possible to add a separate import tariff if there isn't a proper trade agreement, but that would be EU wide, I think.