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Send Cosmetics (Commercial) 🇪🇸 Spain

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Can I post Cosmetics (Commercial) to Spain?

ALLOWEDVERIFIED · 2026-07-26LOW CONFIDENCE

Personal-quantity cosmetics can be posted to Spain; product registration applies to selling, not to personal parcels.

QUANTITY / LIMITS

Personal-use quantities; bulk or repeated identical shipments are treated as commercial imports

DOCUMENTS

  • Commercial invoice or proof of purchase showing the transaction value

DECLARATION

Required at the destination customs authority

SOURCE

agenciatributaria.es
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Full Details

Posting cosmetics to Spain in personal quantities is permitted — registration and notification regimes govern marketing cosmetics, not personal parcels. Agencia Tributaria — Aduanas (Spanish Tax Agency Customs) applies the ordinary parcel framework to an accurate CN22/CN23 declaration: import VAT/GST at 21% applies above the exemption threshold, plus duty on above-threshold consignments. EU de minimis rules apply: €150 for customs duty. VAT applies to all goods regardless of value since July 2021. IVA (Spanish VAT) is collected at import. Canary Islands (outside EU VAT area) have their own tax — IGIC (7%). Aerosols and nail varnish are dangerous-goods limited quantities for air mail; bulk or repeated identical parcels are treated as unregistered commercial imports.

PRACTICAL ADVICE

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.

OFFICIAL SOURCES

POSTING DETAILS

QUANTITY / WEIGHT LIMITS

Personal-use quantities; bulk or repeated identical shipments are treated as commercial imports

DOCUMENTATION REQUIRED

  • Commercial invoice or proof of purchase showing the transaction value

COUNTRY POSTING NOTES

Correos (Spanish postal service) and customs handle international parcel clearance. IVA (VAT) applies on all imported goods. Items above €150 require full customs declaration and duty payment.

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