After talking with Seeed, we have established a simple procedure for proper declaration of registered mail shipments that works well for Germany:
- When placing the order I enter the requirements into the comment field:
- declare contents with real value/total amount of invoice on the custom slip/form and mark as commercial shipment
- include 2 copies of the invoice
- When I receive notification from the postal service here in Germany to collect the shipment at the customs office I
- fill out the custom declaration slip that’s attached to the notification (including the proper tax codes for the items)
- take copies of the Paypal payment and the Seeedstudio order confirmation eMails and a screenshot of the invoice/order from the Seeedstudio online shop “My Account Information” --> “Previous Orders” and collect the shipment at the customs office - as a company you need a custom ID number (Zollnummer) as well.
No more problems since we established this procedure - most if not all items I have ordered from Seeed so far have no customs fee anyway, only import tax (19% for Germany atm).
Again, many thanks to Eric & Fan for their cooperation! 