Ordering vape juice to Netherlands.

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Molchi

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The reason you don't find more than 10ml is the TPD2, which only allows nicotine up to 20mg/ml and max. 10ml per bottle. What you should be able to find are so-called longfills where you have only the flavour in a 60/120ml-bottle which you need to top with base, or shortfills where you have 50ml/100ml of flavor and base in a 60/120ml bottle where you only need to add a 10ml-nicotineshot.

You can buy from any store/country inside the EU without having to pay taxes, for the UK you would have to pay importtaxes since they left the EU, here in Germany the tax is 19%, not sure how much NL takes and how their costums and carrier handle such packages.
 

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If customs stop a parcel from outside the EU that contains any nicotine, it will be seized and destroyed unless that partciluar product from that brand is certified TPD compliant AND the bottle is under 10ml. If the bottle is nicotine free and that product is certified TPD compliant, you can import it, but you will have to pay VAT, and if your goods are worth €150 or more, you'll have to pay import duties as well (payable not only on the value of the goods, but also on the VAT and all shipping charges). This means your 120ml 3mg would be seized, but a 0mg equivalent might not, depending.

Many US vendors no longer ship to the EU as it is not worth the hassle for them. For those that to, it can be worth trying if you accept the seizure risk. Very few shipping forwarding companies will handle vape-related stuff, or liquids at all for that matter, but again you may feel it is worth the risk (bear in mind that they'll look for payment invoices when presenting the parcel to customs, so even if they accept it, you're opening yourself up there).

If you ship from Germany, or any other EU country, you will not have to pay anything to import it (just the sales tax when you buy, which may be a different rate to that in NL). If you ship from the UK, you will have to pay VAT, and if the goods are worth €150 or over, import duties (again, payable on the goods + VAT + shipping).

Best bet is to buy longfills and nicotine shots within the EU, or mix your own from concentrates. Last I understood, the US has already introduced stringent regulations on shipping of vape liquid, so for shops that do not have a strong Brick & Mortar presence, things are already collapsing there.
 
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