[sdiy] Shipping PCBs to the EU ???

[Paul Schreiber]

Since this is a weekly thing for me :)

a) DO NOT declare this as a gift, or zero value. It will get tossed into a 
pile for 8 weeks, then returned. Declare it for $10.

b) use the green customs form 2976. In the description, say this exactly: 
"printed circuit board, fiberglass"

c) below that, where there is a "box" with 'For Commercial Items Only', put 
this in exactly: 8534.4 USA (there is a period between the 4s)

d) on the outside of the box (otherwise they will open it), get a 1 page 
Word or Excel document with  PRO FORMA INVOICE printed
across the top in 16pt bold letters. Then, make up an invoice for $10, with 
your name/address, the other persons name/address. And, this is
IMPORTANT, you have to say for the item the EXACT thing word-for-word on the 
customs form: printed circuit board, fiberglass.

Yes, it's a pain. But, just starting this year (I had zero issues for 14 
years until 2008), if you do not do this, it may not ever get there. Once
I started being 'formal', no issues at all.

Paul S.