Yep,same thing in Spain.
Only difference is that it doesn't really matter where it ships from in China,China is China so if it ships from anywhere in China you still paying.
So yeah it's a 21% of the declared value,most articles that i have read about this mention AliExpress...it seems the bulk of online shoppers in Spain use them,never bought anything from them thou.
The only way you are exempt of paying is if they charge you the tax (IVA in Spain) when you aquire the product then yeah the seller does the work of paying the taxes but the prices of said items would go up.
This is not good for
reviews,granted i only paid 6 euros and change for the Innokin Coolfire Z80+Zenith II that i won but don't know how much i will have to pay for subsequent products i will be sent for review purposes.
Expecting a Pulse V2+Requiem and a GeekVape Aegis Nano Kit from
sourcemore for review purposes and no idea if i will have to pay taxes or not or how much will it be,they did say they would take care of it but who knows.