Skip to content
GOODS ACROSS BORDERS

POSTING RULE

Send Cosmetics (Commercial) 🇵🇱 Poland

ANSWER

Can I post Cosmetics (Commercial) to Poland?

ALLOWEDVERIFIED · 2026-07-26LOW CONFIDENCE

Personal-quantity cosmetics can be posted to Poland; product registration applies to selling, not to personal parcels.

QUANTITY / LIMITS

Personal-use quantities; bulk or repeated identical shipments are treated as commercial imports

DOCUMENTS

  • Commercial invoice or proof of purchase showing the transaction value

DECLARATION

Required at the destination customs authority

SOURCE

podatki.gov.pl
Verify against the official customs authority before acting on this answer.Report a correction

Full Details

Posting cosmetics to Poland in personal quantities is permitted — registration and notification regimes govern marketing cosmetics, not personal parcels. National Revenue Administration (KAS) — Customs Service applies the ordinary parcel framework to an accurate CN22/CN23 declaration: import VAT/GST at 23% applies above the exemption threshold, plus duty on above-threshold consignments. EU EUR 22 import-VAT exemption ended 1 July 2021. All commercial parcels into Poland attract 23% VAT regardless of value. Customs duty 0% under EUR 150; standard rate above EUR 150. Aerosols and nail varnish are dangerous-goods limited quantities for air mail; bulk or repeated identical parcels are treated as unregistered commercial imports.

PRACTICAL ADVICE

Keep parcels to personal quantities and declare contents specifically ('face cream', not 'gift'). Check carrier rules for aerosols and nail varnish — they are the commonly refused items in this class.

OFFICIAL SOURCES

POSTING DETAILS

QUANTITY / WEIGHT LIMITS

Personal-use quantities; bulk or repeated identical shipments are treated as commercial imports

DOCUMENTATION REQUIRED

  • Commercial invoice or proof of purchase showing the transaction value

COUNTRY POSTING NOTES

Poczta Polska and KAS Customs handle inbound parcels at Warsaw and Pyrzowice IMCs. Personal-import parcels under EUR 150 attract 23% VAT only; above attracts customs duty + VAT + flat clearance fee. Prohibited mail: narcotics, counterfeit goods, CITES-listed species, asbestos, items violating EU sanitary standards. Pharmaceutical mail orders from non-EU origins require Pharmaceutical Inspection pre-approval.

Sending Cosmetics (Commercial) to other countries

RULES5,339COUNTRIES85ITEMS111CARRIERS28GUIDES46UNIQUE SOURCES645LATEST VERIFICATION2026-07-26MethodologyChangelog