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Send Mobile Phones (Commercial) 🇸🇪 Sweden

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Can I post Mobile Phones (Commercial) to Sweden?

ALLOWEDVERIFIED · 2026-07-26LOW CONFIDENCE

A phone can be posted to Sweden; lithium-battery mail rules require the battery installed in the device, and import tax applies above the exemption.

QUANTITY / LIMITS

1-2 handsets; multiple new-in-box units are treated as commercial imports

DOCUMENTS

  • Commercial invoice or proof of purchase showing the transaction value

DECLARATION

Required at the destination customs authority

SOURCE

tullverket.se
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Full Details

Posting a phone to Sweden is permitted; two frameworks apply. Postal dangerous-goods rules require lithium batteries to be installed in the device (UN 3481) — loose spare batteries are barred from international mail. On the customs side Tullverket (Swedish Customs) applies the ordinary parcel framework to the declared value: import VAT/GST at 25% applies above the exemption threshold. EU EUR 22 import-VAT exemption ended 1 July 2021. All commercial parcels into Sweden attract 25% moms regardless of value. Customs duty 0% under EUR 150; standard rate above. Multiple new-in-box units read as commercial imports; single used personal phones (a repaired or forgotten device sent on) are routine.

PRACTICAL ADVICE

Ship the battery installed in the phone, declare the true value, and use tracked service — phones are among the most-pilfered and most-inspected parcel categories.

OFFICIAL SOURCES

POSTING DETAILS

QUANTITY / WEIGHT LIMITS

1-2 handsets; multiple new-in-box units are treated as commercial imports

DOCUMENTATION REQUIRED

  • Commercial invoice or proof of purchase showing the transaction value

DESTINATION CUSTOMS

Tullverket (Swedish Customs)

COUNTRY POSTING NOTES

National Post and Tullverket (Swedish Customs) handle inbound parcels at major IMCs. Personal-import parcels under EUR 150 attract 25% moms only; above attracts customs duty + moms + clearance fee. Prohibited mail: narcotics, counterfeit goods, CITES species, asbestos.

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