Importing into the EU

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Big_jo
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Importing into the EU

Post by Big_jo » Tue Dec 22, 2009 9:12 am

Hello all,

I just spoke to UK customs, and they told me that importing anything containing meat from outside the EU is not allowed. Has anyone else had this problem and found a solution to it?

I was thinking that simply saying the goods were 'camping supplies' or something might help them to slip through the net, but I would risk losing the entire shipment if customs are vigilant.

Any advice is appreciated, thanks!

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Re: Importing into the EU

Post by housil » Tue Dec 22, 2009 1:28 pm

Big_jo wrote:Hello all,

I just spoke to UK customs, and they told me that importing anything containing meat from outside the EU is not allowed. Has anyone else had this problem and found a solution to it?
Anyone?!
Actually everyone... :cry:

Importing prohibited items like (any) meet, dairy, eggs, chees, fish (more than 1kg)... is like playing lotto. You could win, but you will mostly loose.

My 2 cases of MRE were completly rejected to USA for 19g of cheese spread :evil:
My Canadian IMPs were "raped" by customes:
viewtopic.php?f=4&t=2626&p=20253&hilit

You have to send an European Form to the customs to declare the shipment in advance, written from the sendern declaring everything he is sending... :cry:

Big_jo wrote: I was thinking that simply saying the goods were 'camping supplies' or something might help them to slip through the net, but I would risk losing the entire shipment if customs are vigilant.
Customs are pretty strickt, they x-ray every parcel and if necessary, open them to check the contains.
Big_jo wrote: Any advice is appreciated, thanks!
No risk no fun. Give it a try but don´t complain if you loose all your stuff!

Read:

viewtopic.php?f=3&t=3442&p=25065&hilit=customs#p25065

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