A host of strange and surprising customs regulations limit the fashion items you can send overseas…
So you think you’re a dedicated follower of fashion? Know your prêt-a-porter from your haute couture? Want to share your cutting-edge eye for fashion with friends and relatives overseas?
Things could be trickier than you might first expect. Customs regulations can be complicated at the best of times, but when it comes to fashion there are a host of unexpected and frankly weird rules that you need to bear in mind.
As the world’s leading international delivery company, we’ve been compiling a list of some of the strangest. These include:
- You aren’t allowed to ship plastic and leather footwear into Nigeria. Handbags, belts, wallets, purses and suitcases made out of leather or plastic are also prohibited.
- Only odd pairs of shoes can be imported into Gambia. What’s more, fabric and fabric samples have to be under the value of 25 USD
- Shoes sent to India should be singles, mutilated or odd pairs if you want to avoid high duty charges. Similar rules apply for Mexico.
- Algerian customs regulations mean you can’t send more than ten samples of synthetic wool and cloth.
- Also, bear in mind that leather garments to Pakistan have no sales tax!
On a serious note, these regulations are particularly important for international fashion businesses. Small and growing businesses face an uphill struggle unless they keep such restrictions in mind when moving their products around the world.
As Phil Couchman, Chief Executive Officer at DHL Express points out “new fashion brands should thoroughly research regulations in the countries they are looking to work with. Not knowing these details could mean the difference between success or failure”.
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