Correos Delivery

[TamaraEnLaPlaya]

Does the 150€ exemption still apply to items sent from the UK?

I can't see why not Tardis, nothing has changed here Fuerteventura was not in the EU before and it is not in it now, so nothing has changed, delays I can see but mostly because of the lack of flights from the UK  and bad weather in the UK and Spain. I had an Item delivered yesterday from the UK  cost £110* and nothing had changed, granted I ordered it back at the end of December, but again I can not see why anything should change here.

Just to clarify a point here, although whether it affects the answer or not I have no idea!

The Canaries are part of the EU, politically. However they are not in the EU customs territory and VAT area. 
Instead of VAT we have a local tax, IGIC, applied.

[Johnrgby]

Does the 150€ exemption still apply to items sent from the UK?

I can't see why not Tardis, nothing has changed here Fuerteventura was not in the EU before and it is not in it now, so nothing has changed, delays I can see but mostly because of the lack of flights from the UK  and bad weather in the UK and Spain. I had an Item delivered yesterday from the UK  cost £110* and nothing had changed, granted I ordered it back at the end of December, but again I can not see why anything should change here.

Just to clarify a point here, although whether it affects the answer or not I have no idea!

The Canaries are part of the EU, politically. However they are not in the EU customs territory and VAT area. 
Instead of VAT we have a local tax, IGIC, applied.

My apologies Tamara, you are correct and I was of course referring to The EU customs territory, I thought that being in The EU politically was a given, as we are obviously part of Spain, and given the amount of EU Money that is spent here, by The Canarian government.

[TamaraEnLaPlaya]

No worries John, I was just clarifying in case any newbies read the post who aren't aware of our peculiarities 😉

[TamaraEnLaPlaya]

It does look like (not talking specifically correos here) that we will no longer be able to order food products online from UK that contain meat or dairy, or bring them in our suitcases.
There goes my tinned haggis 😭 by post, yeah I know, I have strange tastes! And Stilton in my suitcase 😭
Hope the Brit shops are still able to function as they are not importing for personal use. 
Perhaps this should go in it's own thread? I'll look at moving it later when on laptop.

[Johnrgby]

It does look like (not talking specifically correos here) that we will no longer be able to order food products online from UK that contain meat or dairy, or bring them in our suitcases.
There goes my tinned haggis 😭 by post, yeah I know, I have strange tastes! And Stilton in my suitcase 😭
Hope the Brit shops are still able to function as they are not importing for personal use. 
Perhaps this should go in it's own thread? I'll look at moving it later when on laptop.

Not as strange as you think Tamara, I also have a taste for Haggis and particularly Stilton, while I do not have a sweet tooth I do like occasionally Double cream, none of which are available on the Island.

I am wondering whether though as we are not in the customs zone it will make any difference here?

[McAdam]

The rule of transport of meat and dairy products is applicable to products entering the whole EU Zone, which we are a part of.
This is due to the possibility for divergence between UK and EU standards for meat and dairy products - which was put in place to allow the UK to import meats from the US and other countries which do not follow EU Rules.
This is completely separate from VAT zone so it will affect us.
We are in the EU Customs area (Tariffs paid on items in one EU country do not require any additional tariffs here) but we are (only) outside of the EU VAT zone.
Whereas previously we could order anything from the UK and only occasionally just pay the IGIC and courier fees, we would now also need to pay the duties/tariffs on the same items. Many items are 0 rated, most are 5% and some go up to even 25%.

I did have a tariff table somewhere... will see if I can dig it up.

[McAdam]

Hmmm... good that they sent that. Will save a lot of people headaches when sending to europe now.

Customs forms were always required for the Canary Islands as it was outside of the EU VAT zone and seen as an export.
The correct form is CN22 which can be downloaded online from almost anywhere.

Previously Correos would not pay too much attention if the item looked unprofessional (packed at home rather than some company).
But I guess now RM might stop shipments from going without the form.

There are many providers who allow you to fill the form digitally online when booking in a shipment, this negates the need for a physical form to be affixed to the package. Not sure if RM provides this or not.

[Tardis]

Does the 150€ exemption still apply to items sent from the UK?

I can't see why not Tardis, nothing has changed here Fuerteventura was not in the EU before and it is not in it now, so nothing has changed, delays I can see but mostly because of the lack of flights from the UK  and bad weather in the UK and Spain. I had an Item delivered yesterday from the UK  cost £110* and nothing had changed, granted I ordered it back at the end of December, but again I can not see why anything should change here.

Just to clarify a point here, although whether it affects the answer or not I have no idea!

The Canaries are part of the EU, politically. However they are not in the EU customs territory and VAT area. 
Instead of VAT we have a local tax, IGIC, applied.

My apologies Tamara, you are correct and I was of course referring to The EU customs territory, I thought that being in The EU politically was a given, as we are obviously part of Spain, and given the amount of EU money that is spent here, by The Canarian government.

Here is a link to the Canarian Government’s explanation of the 150 euros exemption regulations:

https://www.octsi.es/octsi/noticias-del-...mportacion

If you put it through Google translate it says “According to this resolution, the aforementioned exemption from filing a declaration for the purposes of the IGIC applies to goods from the EU that are not imported by sea.” 

Perhaps items less than 150 euros from the UK will now have to pay IGIC.

[Rome77]

We are in the EU Customs area (Tariffs paid on items in one EU country do not require any additional tariffs here) but we are (only) outside of the EU VAT zone.

Does this mean that there aren't any restrictions on bringing (or receiving by post) alcohol into Fuerte from another EU country? (Don't ask!  )

[TamaraEnLaPlaya]

I ordered an item for £48 from amazon UK last night. On top of postage it charged me £7.20 estimated import fees. The blurb said the company had 180 days to file paperwork proving they had paid fees. If less than estimated I would be refunded difference back to my credit card. If the company didn't file paperwork within 180 days I would be refunded the full 7.20. Lots to keep track of now with orders..... My biggest concern is if Customs go back to their previous practice of charging for the package to be forwarded on from them when you've already paid delivery to your address, that was/is a disgraceful practice.