Hello and Welcome to www.nipponcraft.com,
We would like to accept orders from Spain by email, not through our website. We used to accept orders from Spain through this web, however it turned out that the import tax imposed on Japanese textile products, such as noren curtains and tenugui hand towels, are very high. We received comments and claims from several customers in Spain that the taxes were over 20€ for 25€-30€ purchases. These taxes are calculated and levied by Spanish government and customs, therefore we have nothing to do as a foreign country seller. However, we start to think that we need prior acknowledgments of customers to sell our products to Spanish customers. So, we will take orders from Spanish customers who kindly understand this tax situation in advance.
For Spanish customers, please send your order by email and then we will reply back to you and explain the tax situation based upon our previous experience. If the tax situation is acceptable for you, we will separately send you an invoice and ship your order.
For other EU countries, we have not received any tax claims before. Presumably, 20% VAT is imposed on the Japanese crafts, equally judged with domestic shopping.
For business between Japan - US and Japan - Australia, the situation seems more like free trade...
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