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Tariffs for ordering goods from switzerland to Germany
<p>I am a passionate Magic: The Gathering player and as is commonly known some of the older cards can have values of 100€ of euros. I am thinking about ordering such a card from switzerland for the price of 799€.
What I am concerned about is if I have to pay any tariffs and/or taxes since Switzerland is not part of the european union.</p>
<p>I know however that switzerland is part of many EU agreements and treaties, and I am wondering if there is one such treaty that affects my situation.</p>

<p>Based on comments:</p>
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<li><a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magic:_The_Gathering" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Magic: The Gathering</a> are <strong>trading cards</strong> for a game
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<li>a google search '<strong>eu tarifcode trading cards</strong>' returns
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<li><a href="https://www.tariffnumber.com/2020/95044000" rel="nofollow noreferrer">HS Code 95044000 - Playing, cards - Tariff Number</a></li>
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<li>a query at the eu tarifcode database <a href="https://ec.europa.eu/taxation_customs/dds2/taric/taric_consultation.jsp?Lang=en" rel="nofollow noreferrer">TARIC Consultation</a> with
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<li><strong>95044000</strong> and <strong>Switzerland</strong> returns
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<li><a href="https://ec.europa.eu/taxation_customs/dds2/taric/measures.jsp?Lang=en&amp;SimDate=20200914&amp;Area=CH&amp;MeasType=&amp;StartPub=&amp;EndPub=&amp;MeasText=&amp;GoodsText=&amp;op=&amp;Taric=95044000&amp;search_text=goods&amp;textSearch=&amp;LangDescr=en&amp;OrderNum=&amp;Regulation=&amp;measStartDat=&amp;measEndDat=" rel="nofollow noreferrer">playing cards, Switzerland</a>
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<li>Switzerland (CH) Tariff preference (20-12-1972 - ) : 0 %</li>
<li>Third country duty (01-01-1999 - ) : 2.70 %
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<li>United States 10.0 %</li>
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<p>Based on this information there should be no <strong>customs tarifs</strong> to pay when importing from Switzerland to Germany.</p>
<p>You may be required to pay the German VAT of 16% (until 2020-12-31). The Swiss VAT of 8% should <strong>not</strong> be part of your bill.</p>
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<p><strong>Sources</strong>:</p>
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<li><a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magic:_The_Gathering" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Magic: The Gathering - Wikipedia</a>
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<li><a href="https://www.tariffnumber.com/2020/95044000" rel="nofollow noreferrer">HS Code 95044000 - Playing, cards - Tariff Number</a></li>
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<li><a href="https://ec.europa.eu/taxation_customs/dds2/taric/taric_consultation.jsp?Lang=en" rel="nofollow noreferrer">TARIC Consultation</a>
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<li><a href="https://ec.europa.eu/taxation_customs/dds2/taric/measures.jsp?Lang=en&amp;SimDate=20200914&amp;Area=CH&amp;MeasType=&amp;StartPub=&amp;EndPub=&amp;MeasText=&amp;GoodsText=&amp;op=&amp;Taric=95044000&amp;search_text=goods&amp;textSearch=&amp;LangDescr=en&amp;OrderNum=&amp;Regulation=&amp;measStartDat=&amp;measEndDat=" rel="nofollow noreferrer">playing cards, Switzerland</a></li>
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