Whats the TOTAL import duty I have to pay for an LCD T.V. when I enter Germany ??

Question

I want to gift my friend in Germany a 32 inch LCD T.V. which will be a part of my luggage when I get there.

Whats the total import duty I have to pay to the customs on my arrival at the Frankfurt Airport ?

Answer 1

And also be sure that your LCD Television also fits with the German voltage system and the German television system (it's "PAL" in Germany)!!!

Answer 2

I hope you are bringing a multi system TV. The systems in Germany are PAL, the voltage is 220, at 50Hz.

http://www.german-way.com/electric.html

I am an American living in Germany and have experience in this matter. I have found that once you take this TV through customs and pay the tax and customs duty on it you could have bought it for less in Germany.

Unless things have changed the Zoll German customs will reference the item against there data base. If the item is sold in Germany then they take that price, add the 20% import duty and another 20% Mwst Tax. So your 1000 euro TV will cost another 400 euro to bring it into Germany.

http://www.zoll.de/

I bet you rfriend can find the same item for a reasonable price in Germany.

Best of Luck

Answer 3

I checked on the website, and it says its 14%.However, I'm not entirely sure, since I had to answer questions like "relation of width to height less than 1,5" and such (d**n nitpickers...)Furthermore, I don't know whether that is all, so to be sure, you should rather send them an email.Make sure you specify the technical specs, whether its color or not, width and height (of the screen) and so on.

You can check for yourself, the website is in english :

http://ec.europa.eu/taxation_customs/dds...

Hope I could help you anyway...

EDIT : Good thought,Torsten, I forgot that.