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Once the import costs are calculated, you will find a detailed overview of the costs in Track & Trace and in the My bpost app. You will receive a request to pay the import costs. This can be by email, text message or notification if you have installed the My bpost app. If the sender did not send us the data digitally, you will receive a letter with a payment request. You can make the payment securely via the My bpost app or by signing in via Track & Trace. You can pay via Bancontact, Mastercard, Visa or mobile banking. Also from abroad. PayPal and bank transfers are not possible. Exceptionally, you can pay your import costs in another way . Watch out for fake messages and phishing; bpost will never ask you to pay by bank transfer or provide a bank account number. Read all about it on our phishing page .
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When a parcel from outside the European Union arrives in Belgium, it is handed over to the bpost customs clearance service, which prepares it for customs clearance. The process is as follows:
, 1. Clearance of the parcel
, If VAT on your parcel has been paid in advance via the webshop, it will be immediately handed over to customs. If not, it will be cleared through customs first. This includes the calculation of customs duties, VAT and any other fees (like anti-dumping duties and environmental duties). As the recipient, you must pay these import costs in advance via the My bpost app or via Track & Trace. You will receive an email, text message or letter with a payment invitation.
, 2. Security check
, Customs performs a security check on all goods arriving in Belgium from outside the European Union. Customs checks whether the goods can be imported to Belgium. If not (e.g. counterfeit goods, weapons or medicine), customs blocks your parcel. If your shipment is subject to inspection, please allow for an additional 3 to 7 days.
, 3. Delivery of the parcel
, As soon as customs clears the goods, bpost takes care of delivery. Bear in mind that the whole process can take several days. You can track the status of your parcel via Track & Trace. You will be notified if any further formalities need to be completed.
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We are sorry that you were unable to collect your parcel. Please check the following before contacting our customer service: Whether your parcel is not at a different Pick-up point or bbox locker. This can happen very exceptionally. You will always be informed via e-mail, in the My bpost app or via Track & Trace. Whether your parcel has not been returned to the sender. Your parcel remains available maximum 5 days in a bbox and 14 days at a Pick-up point. You will always find the latest pick-up date in the e-mail you have received from us (or in the My bpost app).
, My parcel is not at the pick-up point
, If your parcel should be available at the Pick-up point according to Track & Trace, but it isn’t, ask for more information via the chatbot, in Track & Trace or in the My bpost app. This should be the quickest way to get an update on the status and the whereabouts of your parcel. If not,
, if you are the sender
, , you can fill out the online form to start an investigation.
, My parcel is not in the bbox
, If your parcel had to be delivered to a bbox with a screen , please call 02 320 23 90 (24/7 available). If your parcel had to be delivered to a Screenless bbox , please call 02 278 50 87 (24/7 available).
Paying import costs is a legal obligation when you order something from outside the EU. In addition to paying, you have the following options:
, I agree to pay but disagree with the amount
, The calculated import costs are based on the estimated value of the contents (based on the invoice), the official VAT rates and the customs duties applicable on the goods being shipped. If you can prove that the value was not estimated correctly, you can request a recalculation. In some cases, shipments are exempt from VAT and customs duties. You can request a recalculation in the following cases: shipments sent as a gift a diplomat receives a shipment a shipment is reimported Enter the barcode of your shipment into Track & Trace or the My bpost app. You will find the dispute form above the payment button. Once we receive your request, the payment deadline will be cancelled. Your request will be reviewed and either accepted or declined. You will be able to see the result in Track & Trace and in the My bpost app, and you will receive a new payment request with a payment deadline. If the shipment can be imported free of charge, you will be notified. The shipment is then presented to Belgian customs for clearance.
, I refuse to pay the import costs
, If you refuse to pay the import costs, we will not be able to deliver your shipment and it will be returned to sender. You can contact the sender to see if the purchase value can be fully or partially refunded to you. You can refuse to pay online. To do so, enter the barcode of your shipment via Track & Trace or the My bpost app. You will find the 'refuse' button next to the payment button.
You are preparing a registered mail
, When you hand in your registered mail item, you receive a proof of deposit that the registered item has entered our network. If you want more peace of mind and proof that the addressee has taken receipt of your registered mail item, affix a proof of receipt . Can I require multiple addressees to sign for receipt? If you want multiple addressees at the same address to sign for registered mail, you will have to send a separate piece of registered mail for each addressee. From now on, only one addressee will have to sign, even if the registered mail is addressed to two or more individuals.
, Your registered mail item is on its way
, You can use Track & Trace to see when your registerd mail is received.
, What happens to my registered mail if the addressee is not home?
, Domestic
, registered mail
, The addressee is not home
, The postman will deliver the registered mail in accordance with the delivery preferences the addressee might have set in his My bpost app. If he has not set any delivery preferences, the postman will leave a failed delivery notice. The addressee can use this to pick up the item in the Post Office or Post Point mentioned on the failed delivery notice; the item must be collected within 15 calendar days. Only the addressee or those with a postal mandate from the addressee can accept registered mail. The item is only delivered after signing for receipt and checking the ID card of the addressee or postal proxy. The sender determines who the item must be handed over to. If the addressee does not pick up your mail within 15 calendar days, it will be sent back to you. Make sure that your name and address are clearly written on the item.
, The addresse has moved
, If the addressee has an active contract with the Forwarding Department at bpost, we will forward your item to his/her new address. If the addressee does not have a contract, your item will be returned to you with registered mail. Make sure that your name and address are clearly written on the item.
, International
, registered mail Before your international registered mail leaves Belgium, you can follow it via Track & Trace or the My bpost app . After it leaves Belgium, you can follow your shipment via the tracking tool of the foreign post operator.
, Can the addressee of my registered mail see who the sender is before delivery?
, The person you send your registered mail item to cannot see who the sender is before delivery. The addressee can see in Track & Trace and the My bpost app that registered mail is on the way as soon as the mail item enters our network. But the addressee will not see who the sender is until it is delivered.