Send Cosmetics (Commercial) → 🇮🇹 Italy
Can I post Cosmetics (Commercial) to Italy?
Personal-quantity cosmetics can be posted to Italy; 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 Italy in personal quantities is permitted — registration and notification regimes govern marketing cosmetics, not personal parcels. Agenzia delle Dogane e dei Monopoli (ADM — Customs and Monopolies Agency) applies the ordinary parcel framework to an accurate CN22/CN23 declaration: import VAT/GST at 22% applies above the exemption threshold, plus duty on above-threshold consignments. EU rules: €150 customs duty de minimis. VAT applies to all imports as of July 2021 (IVA in Italian). Standard IVA is 22%. 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
Poste Italiane and customs handle international parcels. IVA applies to all imported goods. Goods above €150 require full customs declarations. Cultural goods of historical significance may be seized for state review.
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.
Cosmetics (Commercial)
🇬🇧 United Kingdom
Personal-quantity cosmetics can be posted to United Kingdom; product registration applies to selling, not to personal parcels.
Cosmetics (Commercial)
🇨🇦 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.
Cosmetics (Commercial)
🇳🇿 New Zealand
Personal-quantity cosmetics can be posted to New Zealand; product registration applies to selling, not to personal parcels.
Cosmetics (Commercial)
🇹🇭 Thailand
Personal-quantity cosmetics can be posted to Thailand; product registration applies to selling, not to personal parcels.