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Customs Advice
The importation of certain products into a country is restricted in order to protect the economy and
safety of its citizens. The restrictions may be imposed by Customs or by any other agency which has
regulatory authority.
We provide a shipping service only and Customs at the parcel's destination will determine whether any
charges are payable on your package. All duties, taxes and/or quarantine fees applied are at the
discretion of local customs or governmental organisations and are out of our control.
If the addressee refuses to pay duties/taxes, the parcel may be held, returned (if allowed by Customs)
or destroyed, and additional costs may be incurred. As per Terms and Conditions, those charges will be
billed to the sender.
Please note, no shipping costs are recoverable for parcels held or destroyed, even if shipping
protection cover has been purchased.
Majority of parcels can be delivered door to door, once it has cleared customs at destination. However,
some countries have a door to airport service only. In those countries, the recipients may have to
present themselves to either Customs or the local courier's office to take possession of their
consignment.
We advise you to verify independently, all Customs, Governmental and Quarantine regulations. These rules
can and do frequently change without prior notice or recourse.
World Customs Organisation
http://www.wcoomd.org/en/about-us/wco-members/customs-websites.aspx
Economic Operator Registration and Identification (EORI)
It is now a requirement that all exporters sending freight outside of the E.U must have an EORI number
if they are VAT registered.
If you have any queries regarding the EORI application process then please visit the
HMRC
website.
Documents Needed
After you have paid for a shipping service to Netherlands, you will be redirected
to a page where you can download and print out the relevant shipping labels, i.e
AWB (Courier Air Waybills - barcode) - Proforma or Commercial invoice - Address label.
The above documents are standard for any international shipment.
Please note, if additional documentation is required for the import of any particular item, it is the
customer's responsibility to provide them at destination.
Restrictions
Goods travelling by 'Cargo' are subject to different restrictions to those travelling as carry-on
luggage.
A shipment to Netherlands is deemed unacceptable if: it is classified as
hazardous material, dangerous goods, prohibited or restricted articles by IATA (International Air
Transport Association), ICAO (International Civil Aviation Organisation) or other relevant organisation.
Many items which appear harmless in everyday use can pose danger on air transport and are consequently
forbidden for transport.
The following page displays a sampling of common prohibited and restricted goods.
http://www.rapidparcel.com/help/prohibited-items.php
Packing Advice
Your parcel must be boxed and well packaged. This will reduce the risk of damage to any item during
transit or any associated automated distribution process.
Please be aware the item is not taken by hand from collection to destination and will visit many sorted
facilities on its journey. For that reason, you need to protect the items to ensure they make it from A
to B safely.
The following packaging guidelines are recommendations to assist you in packaging your shipment:
http://www.rapidparcel.com/help/packing-advice.php
Shipment Protection
When you book a shipping service to Netherlands, you will be able to choose an
appropriate level of cover for your shipment. We offer enhanced parcel protection for up to £2000
for a small additional fee.
If you do not purchase enhanced Shipment Protection, your shipment will be only covered to a maximum
value of £50 as per the limited liability set out in our
Terms & Conditions and subject to your
parcel passing minimum packaging requirements.
Please note that the declared value for customs purposes is not related to the declared value selected
for Shipment Protection. We encourage all customers to purchase shipment protection cover for loss or
damage.
National Holidays
- 01/01/2024 - New year's day
- 14/02/2024 - St. valentine`s day
- 01/04/2024 - April fool's day
- 30/04/2024 - Koninginnedag (queen's day)
- 01/05/2024 - Labour day
- 04/05/2024 - Herdenkings day (remembrance day)
- 05/05/2024 - Liberation day - nationale bevrijdingsdag
- 08/07/2024 - Gay pride day
- 05/12/2024 - Sinterklaas
- 15/12/2024 - Koninkrijksdag / kingdom day
- 25/12/2024 - Eerste kerstdag (first day of christmas)
- 26/12/2024 - Tweede kerstdag (second day of christmas)
FAQs
We have a detailed and comprehensive Help Section here. If you cannot find
the answer or advice you are looking for there, please use our enquiry form
If you or your business need to arrange Utrecht shipping on a regular basis then you'll want to be certain to use a company which goes out of its way to meet the needs of regular customers, and Rapid Parcel.com is just such a company. Although we treat every single package delivery to Utrecht with the utmost care and attention, we've created a system that has many built-in extras of benefit to regular and corporate customers, extras that will make booking a Utrecht parcel delivery, and doing so over and over again on a regular basis, as easy, quick, reliable and cost-effective as it possibly can be.
Utrecht is the fourth largest city in Holland and is centrally located, which has led to its development as a vital national rail and road link. The city is famed for its ancient centre, which still boasts very many buildings originally constructed in the Middle Ages, since which time it has been the religious centre of the country. The University of Utrecht has been around since 1636 and is still the largest university in the country, with more than twenty-nine thousand students attending at any one time. Every year, many visitors are drawn to Utrecht by cultural attractions such as the Centraal Museum and the Rietveld Schröder House, which is an example of modern architecture, built in 1924 and listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Corporate customers wishing to send a package delivery to Utrecht will be looking for a combination of many different factors - perhaps first and foremost is the certainty that their Utrecht package delivery will be handled with the utmost care. We provide that certainty by only working with a select group of courier partners. If you check our website, you'll see that we don't have a huge list of couriers to choose from and that's because we value quality over quantity, opting to work with only the very best in the business, safe in the knowledge that we've worked with them for many years and can trust your Utrecht shipping in their experienced hands.
Once a corporate customer has used RapidParcel.com they'll realise that any Utrecht parcel delivery they need to send couldn't be handled any better, and it's then that issues such as price come into play. We keep prices down by using our size and experience in the field to negotiate the best possible deals with our couriers and, over and above that, we offer corporate customers special business rates. What this means is that the more you use our shipping to Utrecht service, the less you pay for each individual Utrecht parcel delivery - a saving that will be appreciated in these difficult financial times and which is just one more reason why RapidParcel.com is the best courier comparison and booking website for businesses shipping to destinations all over the Netherlands. Making a parcel delivery to Eindhoven or a package delivery to Rotterdam just as simple to book and economical to send. A premium service at a value price - that's why we're the best place to come to arrange a parcel delivery to Utrecht.
