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Yes. We ship DDP (Delivered Duty Paid) to all 27 EU member states — garment, freight, customs clearance, EU VAT, and last-mile delivery. Lead time 18–25 days door-to-door from Yiwu via ocean, or 7–10 days via air. No surprise customs costs. Compatible with EU REACH chemical compliance.
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Last reviewed: 2026-09-18 · By: Ramon Wang, Sales Director, SublimApparel
We ship custom sublimated apparel to every EU country with full DDP — IOSS-registered so VAT is pre-paid, customs cleared at the EU border, and delivered to your warehouse via DHL, DPD, or GLS. One invoice, one tracking number, no surprise bills from your local customs office.
We ship DDP to every EU country with IOSS VAT pre-paid and customs cleared under our EORI. Door-to-door in 12–20 days, with VAT 19–25% (country-specific) and 12% import duty all bundled into one landed price. Multi-country distribution under one PO is supported.
IOSS (Import One-Stop Shop) VAT pre-payment for orders ≤ €150
Standard VAT + duty handling for orders > €150
EORI number registered for EU customs
Last-mile via DHL EU, DPD, or GLS depending on country
Multi-country distribution handled under one PO
| Item | Rate / amount |
|---|---|
| Import duty (apparel, HS 6109/6110) | 12% |
| VAT (standard rate) | 19–25% (country dependent) |
| VAT reduced rates | DE 19% · NL 21% · FR 20% · IT 22% · ES 21% |
| IOSS threshold | €150 per consignment (lower-value orders) |
Rates shown are standard for sublimated apparel under HS 6109/6110. Actual rates may vary by specific fabric composition, country of origin declaration, and applicable trade agreements. We confirm the exact rate in your DDP quote.
Transit times are door-to-door estimates for production-ready orders. Customs clearance, last-mile delivery, and remote destinations may add 1–3 days.
Standard EU VAT is country-specific: Germany 19%, France 20%, Italy 22%, Spain 21%, Netherlands 21%, Poland 23%, Sweden 25%. We pre-pay all VAT under our DDP terms so you don't deal with import paperwork. For orders ≤ €150 per consignment, we use IOSS (Import One-Stop Shop) which simplifies the process dramatically and is included in the per-piece quote.
Sea freight to Hamburg/Rotterdam: 30–35 days, then trucked to inland EU addresses (1–3 extra days). Air freight: 7–9 days door-to-door. Express (DHL/FedEx): 5–7 days. Rail freight via China Railway Express to Duisburg: 18–22 days, then trucked. Spain/Italy/Poland add 2–4 days on top of the Germany baseline because of the extra transit distance.
Yes. We regularly split a single production run across 3–5 EU destination warehouses under one purchase order. You get one invoice, and we route each carton group to the right country with its own tracking number and customs filing. The per-piece price is the same — you only pay the extra last-mile cost for the split destinations.
If you use our DDP service, no. We file the customs declaration under our EORI number, so you don't need to register your own. If you want to clear customs yourself and reclaim VAT on resale, you'll need an EU EORI (free, issued by your national customs authority in 3–10 working days). Most EU buyers prefer DDP for the first 12 months while they scale.
IOSS (Import One-Stop Shop) is an EU VAT scheme for consignments valued at €150 or less per shipment. The seller registers once with a single EU member state and collects VAT at point of sale — no customs paperwork at the border. For consignments above €150, the standard import procedure applies: customs declaration, duty + VAT at the border, then last-mile. We use IOSS automatically for sub-€150 orders and the standard channel above.
CBAM (Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism) currently covers steel, aluminium, cement, fertilizers, electricity, and hydrogen — apparel is not in scope as of 2026. Future CBAM expansion is being discussed but no concrete timeline for textiles has been published. We monitor EU customs policy weekly and update DDP quotes the day any textile-relevant carbon levy is signed into law. For now, your EU apparel DDP quote includes 12% duty + 19–25% VAT and nothing else.
Reverse-charge VAT only applies to intra-EU B2B transactions (one EU VAT-registered business selling to another). Goods imported from China are not eligible — the import VAT is always payable at the EU border by the importer of record (us, under DDP). The reverse-charge mechanism cannot be used to defer the import VAT on a China-origin shipment. If you need to recover the VAT, switch to DAP and self-clear under your own EORI.
Send us your destination address and order quantity. We'll come back with one landed price — customs, duties, and last-mile included.
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