About sending books to Ukraine?

[Cesar_Augusto]

Hello,

How are you? I really need your help. I want to send six books of a language course (they include three CDs also as part of the course) to a recipient in the city of Vinnitsa (Ukraine) this month and I want to know if books are taxed in Ukraine because I don't want the recipient to pay any taxes and go directly to her house because they are a gift, this way I can know what to do in advance before sending the books (I am going to send them by means of the Peruvian national post service). As far as I know in many countries books are excempted of taxes, I would like to know if it's the same in Ukraine for a small queantity of books (6 books). This books are not going to be sold, they are a gift for personal use.

*** I am really worried because last year I had a problem sending a parcel to the same city (Vinnitsa) from Peru with DHL service. I declared it was a gift and I valued the parcel in $50 (which was the price in the Peruvian store) and I sent it during the last days of December 2005 as a Christmas gift and there were two problems. Firstly, the parcel was delivered after 15 days, and worst of all, they (in Ukraine) said the recipient that she had to pay a $50 tax to free the parcel for delivery. Well, she finally paid the tax but as it was intended to be a gift you can understand that it wasn't my intention that she pays anything. (I think they told her there were more than one tax included in the $50 like translation and I don't know what else). I would like to know why the tax was so high if the parcel (a scarf) was for personal use (the tax was as high as the parcel price).

Can someone help me with the information about sending books to Ukraine and if there are taxes what do I have to do so my recipient doesn't pay them? Do I have to value the parcel or just say it is a gift? Maybe dividing the six books in two parts so the number is smaller when I send them?.

Help me please with my questions about sending the books to Ukraine.

Thank you very much in advance for your great help,

CИsar

[Serhii]

Cesar,

Please, have a look at my answer on your qestion in open board.

[j_gutnik]

Estimado Cesar Augusto:

Soy un adherente al foro y leМ tu exposiciСn. Te cuento que a mМ me sucediС lo mismo con un envМo pequeЯo, una simple caja conteniendo muestras comerciales "Sin Cargo", rotuladas asМ de esta manera, a un distribuidor comerciante en la India, y este envМo por DHL me costС en Argentina u$s 50. Pues bien, al entregar DHL el paquete en el domicilio del destinatario, le quiso cobrar tambiИn u$s 50, ante lo cual , el comerciante lo rechazС y me impuso telefСnicamente de lo sucedido. Le dije que no se preocupara, que me pondrМa en contacto con DHL Argentina, asМ lo hice, y me explicaron que podrМa pagarlo yo aqui en Buenos Aires y ellos lo reenviarМan desde Bombay nuevamente y sin cargo al comerciante .
Pues bien, el consejo prАctico que me dieron es que en la declaraciСn firmada por el remitente, que es una simple declaraciСn para la Aduana de ambos paМses, se coloca la descripciСn del contenido, se especifica: regalo С Muestras sin cargo, y en su valor declarado, se pone un valor mМnimo simbСlico, digamos u$s 2 С u$s 5, y Иsa serА la cantidad que le cobrarАn al destinatario, O.K.? Ellos le cobran ese impuesto, repitiendo exactamente la cantidad consignada en la declaraciСn de Aduana, y como yo habМa colocado u$s 50 por ser lo que en realidad me habМa cobrado DHL. Por eso, si vos declaraste u$s 50 en tu remesa anterior, le cobraron la misma cantidad a la destinataria en Ucrania.

Corolario:

MИtodo A) Colocar valor declarado de Aduana: u$s l

MИtodo B) Pagar anticipadamente en PerЗ el cargo que le impone al destinatario, con lo cual Иste no pagarА nada al recibirlo. Esto se puede hacer por DHL, no lo sИ por el Sevicio Oficial de Correos de PerЗ.

A tus Сrdenes, JosИ.

[Cesar_Augusto]

Muchas Gracias JosИ! ContestИ a tu mensaje en el subforo "Open Board" debido a que es allМ donde han habido mАs respuestas a mi pregunta incluida la tuya. Por favor revisa el "Open Board" y dame tu opiniСn.

A tu servicio,

CИsar.