Send Cosmetics (Commercial) → 🇦🇹 Austria
Can I post Cosmetics (Commercial) to Austria?
Personal-quantity cosmetics can be posted to Austria; product registration applies to selling, not to personal parcels.
Personal-use quantities; bulk or repeated identical shipments are treated as commercial imports
- Commercial invoice or proof of purchase showing the transaction value
Required at the destination customs authority
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Posting cosmetics to Austria in personal quantities is permitted — registration and notification regimes govern marketing cosmetics, not personal parcels. Bundesministerium für Finanzen — Zoll applies the ordinary parcel framework to an accurate CN22/CN23 declaration: import VAT/GST at 20% applies above the exemption threshold, plus duty on above-threshold consignments. EU EUR 22 import-VAT exemption ended 1 July 2021. All commercial parcels into Austria attract 20% USt regardless of value. Customs duty 0% under EUR 150; standard rate above. Aerosols and nail varnish are dangerous-goods limited quantities for air mail; bulk or repeated identical parcels are treated as unregistered commercial imports.
Keep parcels to personal quantities and declare contents specifically ('face cream', not 'gift'). Check carrier rules for aerosols and nail varnish — they are the commonly refused items in this class.
Personal-use quantities; bulk or repeated identical shipments are treated as commercial imports
- —Commercial invoice or proof of purchase showing the transaction value
National Post and Bundesministerium für Finanzen handle inbound parcels at major IMCs. Personal-import parcels under EUR 150 attract 20% USt only; above attracts customs duty + USt + clearance fee. Prohibited mail: narcotics, counterfeit goods, CITES species, asbestos.
Sending Cosmetics (Commercial) to other countries
Cosmetics (Commercial)
🇺🇸 United States
Personal-quantity cosmetics can be posted to United States; product registration applies to selling, not to personal parcels.
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🇬🇧 United Kingdom
Personal-quantity cosmetics can be posted to United Kingdom; product registration applies to selling, not to personal parcels.
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🇨🇦 Canada
Personal-quantity cosmetics can be posted to Canada; product registration applies to selling, not to personal parcels.
Cosmetics (Commercial)
🇦🇺 Australia
Personal-quantity cosmetics can be posted to Australia; product registration applies to selling, not to personal parcels.
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🇳🇿 New Zealand
Personal-quantity cosmetics can be posted to New Zealand; product registration applies to selling, not to personal parcels.
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🇹🇭 Thailand
Personal-quantity cosmetics can be posted to Thailand; product registration applies to selling, not to personal parcels.