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Remark: This is a rough overview only – no responsibility is taken for the correctness of this information!

1. Check out fees and taxes, depend on the product you trade first. German’s can check this data in a special online register (click on ‘Auskunftsanwendung’). You can get a code number for your shrimps there, f. e. 0306 2390 000 for shrimps of the family Pandalidae, genus Crangon. The import turnover tax is 7%. Sometimes you have to pay extra customs tariff for non-EU countries (f.e. when you get shrimps from Japan). All the fees and taxes are paid in advance!
2. Get your customs ID than before focusing on further paper war.
3. The forms you need to fill out in step three are called ‘Einheitspapier’. This customs declaration is easily made online.
4. Contact your local official veterinary office to get an import license; check full list here PDF.

Here is a complete list of papers necessary to do an import, f. e. from Japan. They must to be shown at the customs office responsible for your address or at Frankfurt Airport International, where your shrimps arrive.

1. customs declaration (‘Einheitspapier’)
2. invoice of the seller (2 copies)
3. veterinary report with German translation (from your seller)
4. import license

Further Information at the German Customs

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I have often received emails from Spain, Sweden, Finland, Russia and other countries if I am able to sell and ship shrimp. The market for shrimps is still small in several countries. I want to help you getting the shrimps you are looking for. That is why I decided to write this article and to break the taboo not to talk about trade routes and import/export knowledge.

Legally shipping shrimps internationally is not an easy thing to do, but it is possible anyway. In most countries worldwide, the shrimps need to be pack up with official documents. Fees and taxes are to be paid and public authorities must be informed. That’s why often appealing offers from abroad are finally not cheap. Asking the LFS next-door if it can order or even import a special shrimp for you would be my first activity. Importing shrimps makes sense when you are looking for rare High Grades or uncommon wildcaught shrimp – not when you want to save money.

Currently I am working on blog articles concerning deatiled import and export procedures to/from Germany; stay tuned…

And don’t forget: Shipping without papers is smuggling and a criminal act! Do not even think about it!