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depends on the value of your shipment. I believe the personal import limit in France is 22€. You should pay import VAT on anything above that, though in practice some shipments might go through unchecked.
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I believe that 22€ limit no longer applies, now everything is taxed - unless this is only here in Portugal, but I was under the impression this change was EU-wide.
Then if it stops at customs or not it's a question of luck, although these days I'd say close to 100% of packages do stop at customs, at least here.
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Just had a look online and as long as the gift is under £39 you don't have to pay anything and you can have multiple gifts in the same parcel as long as they're individually wrapped, for diffrent people and have the price labelled on the form. This makes sense as the documents always have these on them.
Zebra
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Is it a case of people not doing the paperwork correctly, or are we just getting lucky? My French mother in law sends packages with books and clothes for the kids every couple of months and we've never had any custom issues.