Customs in Switzerland

[kubiczech]

Hi,

can somebody tell me how it is with customs in your country please? I am from Czech republic and it is expensive to send some snus here. My uncle is working in Switzerland so I thought I can send order from online store to him and he can bring it to the Czech.. but I don´t know how is your customs working.. ?

Thanks for reply

[trebli]

Welcome to Snuson. I have no direct knowledge on the subject, but from other posters it seems that Switzerland does charge customs: http://www.snuson.com/showthread.php...l=1#post386818

[vincent]

Hi,

Customs here are simply ridiculous. there's a law saying it's ok to import snus for personal consumption, up to 1.2 kg every three months. upon importation, you'll face 8% vat plus tobacco tax. if your order is imported by swiss post, they'll charge you an additional "service fee" of approx. CHF 35.

every 2 months i order 1.2 kg (=28 cans of loose snus) from buysnus.com, delivered by UPS. never had an issue with importation, but i always get slapped with CHF 89 in taxes and fees. so one can of loose snus costs me ~ CHF 10.00. :-(

hope this helps!

cheers,
vincent

[trebli]

Hi,

Customs here are simply ridiculous. there's a law saying it's ok to import snus for personal consumption, up to 1.2 kg every three months. upon importation, you'll face 8% vat plus tobacco tax. if your order is imported by swiss post, they'll charge you an additional "service fee" of approx. CHF 35.

every 2 months i order 1.2 kg (=28 cans of loose snus) from buysnus.com, delivered by UPS. never had an issue with importation, but i always get slapped with CHF 89 in taxes and fees. so one can of loose snus costs me ~ CHF 10.00. :-(

hope this helps!

cheers,
vincent

Thanks for explaining that Vincent. And welcome to Snuson.

[Jefferson]

Your best bet, depending on what you want to order, is going through somewhere not in Sweden - which is a red flag for customs. Alternatively, if you're in the Geneva area, let me know and I'd be happy to give you a few tins for free.

[kubiczech]

to Vincent: Thanks for informations man!!! so to the czech it is cheaper about 4€ can.

to Jefferson: So do you think if I order it from snusline it won´t be catch by customs?

[Jefferson]

to Jefferson: So do you think if I order it from snusline it won´t be catch by customs?

I've had no problems with them. Keep it small - with the free shipping it's easy to do. No promises but again I've had zero issues.

[kubiczech]

I've had no problems with them. Keep it small - with the free shipping it's easy to do. No promises but again I've had zero issues.

So don´t order from Sweden and only few cans? (are 10 cans from snusline OK?)
btw. how you doing it?

[Jefferson]

in my experience the stuff from sweden gets nabbed by customs much easier. (again, for those who don't know - snus is legal to import here, it's just the fees from customs that makes things painful.) if you're going the snusline route there's no reason to order 10 at a time, since they have free shipping. just do a few cans each time, or whatever you think you'll go through in a month. you can even order just one can at a time if you really want, since you're not paying shipping you don't have to bundle and order large amounts. 10 cans I think would be cutting it close, given the size of the package - they'd probably flag it. I'd probably keep it to 6 or less. I mostly order a 3 or 4 at a time. (haven't ordered in a couple of months however - got a big stash from a friend in sweden that's keeping me happy.)

[kubiczech]

thanks man! I have a lot friends and everbody is using snus.. so we wanna order like 50 cans or more.. I am still searching the best (cheapest) way to transport snus to czech.

[vincent]

Your best bet, depending on what you want to order, is going through somewhere not in Sweden - which is a red flag for customs. Alternatively, if you're in the Geneva area, let me know and I'd be happy to give you a few tins for free.

Do you know a source for swedish match products located outside of sweden?

[GoVegan]

Just have your uncle tape a few rolls of snus to his leg.

[Smart]

Last time I ordered 4 Can from Snusline, I payed CHF 38.00 tax :-( When I order just 2 Can, then there is NO tax.
For 1-2 Can the Tax amount is to small to do the paperwork for custom. That's why there is no tax at all.

But because there is free shipping, I dont care to order every few day days 2 Can :-)