Sending Parcels To Portugal

smokie1010

Hi, Hope someone can help.
My Father in law lives in Northern Portugal, he's now in his 70's and lives on his own. So we usually visit once a year and take over a few things he cant get over there such as Yorkshire Teabags. Obviously with the Covid situation we haven't been for well over a year. He's run out of Tea Bags and not keen on the stuff you can buy there so want to send him some. We can do so with DPD Couriers but have a question? 

What we want to send is the big sacks you can in Tesco of 480 Yorkshire Tea Bags they weigh 1.5kg and we would like to send 3 to keep him going. However, when you send something to the EU now you have to supply a "Commodity Code" from the .gov website. When you go on there it gives a Commodity Code for Quote:
"Black Tea (Fermented) and partly Fermented Tea, in immediate packings of a content not exceeding 3kg"
So does that actually mean because each sealed sack with 480 Teabags and weighing 1.5kg each that we can send 3 sacks which totals 4.5kg or only 2 totalling 3kg? 
Only reason I ask is it costs exactly the same to send 2 as it costs to send 3 with DPD so makes sense to send 3 if the Courier Cost is the same.

Thanks in advance

greyteam1959

I am sure that Yorkshire teabags will be available in Portugal.
There are lots of expat suppliers.
Have you tried Amazon ??
Either .es or .or ??

martindow

smokie1010 said:

Only reason I ask is it costs exactly the same to send 2 as it costs to send 3 with DPD so makes sense to send 3 if the Courier Cost is the same.

That may be the case but the recipient may end up paying three sets of customs clearance fees.  I don't send food items so have no direct experience but there may be specific regulations which would cause complications in acceptance in Portugal or any EU country.

Amazon don't seem to exist in Portugal but cross border deliveries from other EU countries would be problem free. How do prices and delivery costs compare?

https://www.amazon.es/s?k=yorkshire+tea+bags&__mk_es_ES=ÅMÅŽÕÑ&crid=3MXXKFPDQ5O58&sprefix=yorkshire,aps,-1&ref=nb_sb_ss_ts-doa-p_3_5

smokie1010

greyteam1959 said:

I am sure that Yorkshire teabags will be available in Portugal.
There are lots of expat suppliers.
Have you tried Amazon ??
Either .es or .or ??

Thanks for reply. He lives in the Far North West of Portugal in the Mountains, when we go we have to fly to Porto then its about an hour and half drive North from there, he's about 20 Minutes from the Spanish Border, the bit that overhangs Portugal. Unfortunately its not a tourist area so no ex pats or need to supply for them up there. He's well in to his 70's so the Internet is a Mystery to him, he just about manages to use the Smart Phone we gave him to make phone calls and to use Skype so my wife can talk to him everyday

martindow

smokie1010 said:

greyteam1959 said:

I am sure that Yorkshire teabags will be available in Portugal.
There are lots of expat suppliers.
Have you tried Amazon ??
Either .es or .or ??

Thanks for reply. He lives in the Far North West of Portugal in the Mountains, when we go we have to fly to Porto then its about an hour and half drive North from there, he's about 20 Minutes from the Spanish Border, the bit that overhangs Portugal. Unfortunately its not a tourist area so no ex pats or need to supply for them up there. He's well in to his 70's so the Internet is a Mystery to him, he just about manages to use the Smart Phone we gave him to make phone calls and to use Skype so my wife can talk to him everyday

But you could order online for delivery to his Portuguese address. 

Something needs to be done - I can't imagine living without cups of tea!

smokie1010

martindow said:

smokie1010 said:

Only reason I ask is it costs exactly the same to send 2 as it costs to send 3 with DPD so makes sense to send 3 if the Courier Cost is the same.

That may be the case but the recipient may end up paying three sets of customs clearance fees.  I don't send food items so have no direct experience but there may be specific regulations which would cause complications in acceptance in Portugal or any EU country.

Amazon don't seem to exist in Portugal but cross border deliveries from other EU countries would be problem free. How do prices and delivery costs compare?

Thanks for the reply. There's no customs fees etc to pay as you can send something as a Gift up to £39, over that it would attract Import VAT and it would only attract Customs duty over £135. I checked the link you sent, thanks, very expensive on there, just worked out the Tea Bags on there are £28.95 per KG but if we send 3 which equals 4.5kg then including Courier cost plus Tea Bags its £10.33 per kg, so nearly 3 times the price buying them over there

sheramber

Can you order it and get it sent to him direct?

 

smokie1010

sheramber said:

Can you order it and get it sent to him direct?

 

I will look in to that thanks, though they probably just do the same as I would be doing sending it by Courier

greyteam1959

If you have access to a Booker wholesalers Yorkshire teabags are very cheap in there.
Around £12.50 for 600 if I remember correctly

sheramber

smokie1010 said:

sheramber said:

Can you order it and get it sent to him direct?

 

I will look in to that thanks, though they probably just do the same as I would be doing sending it by Courier

if you order from Amzon eu then there is no problem with customs as it is sending within the  EU.

strawberries1

I use Transglobal Express for Philippines, India and USA.