Postal Delivered Duty Paid (PDDP)
Pay the import duties for your recipients
How PDDP works
Shipping to France
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Before shipping
PDDP is currently available for PostPac International and International small goods to France. If you would like to use PDDP, all you need is a billing relationship. When creating the shipping documents, select the option “I pay the costs” in the drop-down menu under “Customs duties, VAT and fees paid: (PDDP)”.
Registration is not required for this service.
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Completing the shipping documents
- Use the “Accompanying documents for international small goods” or “Create waybill (on account)” online services as usual.
- For consignments to business customers, please always enter the recipient’s EORI number (PDF, 68 KB) in the “Tax number/EORI” field.
- Declare your contents with a complete customs tariff number. This contains at least six digits. It is best to use the eight-digit Swiss customs tariff number – for example, 6110.2000 for a cotton jumper. Information can be found at the Swiss Tare information: Tares - Login (admin.ch).
- Do you need help identifying the customs tariff number? Detailed information can be found on the website of the Federal Office for Customs and Border Security (FOCBS) or in the Swiss working tariff.
- Describe your items as precisely as possible. Generic terms such as “gifts” are not permitted and prevent your consignments from being processed as part of PDDP.
- Enter the correct value of the goods for customs. For sales merchandise, the selling price; for samples, gifts, repairs, the purchase value. A value such as CHF 0.00 or CHF 1.00 is not plausible from the customs perspective.
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After delivery
We will settle the costs incurred in connection with customs clearance on your usual monthly invoice. More information can be found under “Price”.
Please note
With PDDP, you can declare up to five article items. If you would like to send more, we would be happy to check suitable shipping options with you. To do so, please contact our customer advisor.
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Price
Postal Delivered Duty Paid
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Per consignment CHF 10.00 |
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plus 2% disbursement fee |
How our invoicing works
We will invoice you the costs for customs and VAT, which are passed on to us by the partner postal company. Invoicing is carried out once a month, around two to three months after shipping. For our service, we charge a fee of CHF 10 per consignment and 2 percent of the amount set aside for customs and VAT.
An invoicing example for a shipment to France
| Value of goods net | CHF 80.00 |
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| Taxe Petit Colis (TPC) EUR 2 (+VAT) | CHF 1.85 [1] |
| Value net + TPC | CHF 81.85 |
| VAT 20% | CHF 16.37 |
| Customs (e.g. originating in Switzerland) | CHF 0.00 |
| Subtotal (incl. TPC) | CHF 18.22 |
| 2% disbursement fee on VAT and customs duties | CHF 0.36 |
| PDDP fee | CHF 10.00 |
| Total costs incl. TPC (excl. postage) | CHF 28.58 |
1 ↑ On 1 March 2026, France will introduce a fee (Taxe Petit Colis = TPC) of EUR 2 on shipments from outside the EU. This will be payable per item with a different customs tariff number and also applies to shipments from Switzerland. If a shipment contains several customs tariff numbers, the TPC will be payable multiple times.
Important information
The PDDP cycle using the example of e-commerce shipping to France
- Individual pricing. You decide whether customs duties, VAT and PDDP are included in the price.
- Webshop order. The international customer places an order in your online shop.
- Start shipping. You hand over the parcel to Swiss Post; postage is billed separately.
- Advance customs and tax costs. Swiss Post pays customs duties and VAT in the destination country.
- Pay PDDP surcharge. The foreign postal company levies the PDDP surcharge that we pay for you.
- Delivery to the recipient. The foreign postal organization delivers the parcel.
- Monthly billing with the retailer. Swiss Post consolidates all PDDP costs in your monthly invoice.