Send a gift box to the Netherlands
What you can and can't put in the box, how customs works on the way in, and the rounds that include the Netherlands right now.
Routes to the Netherlands
Customs into the Netherlands
We prepare the declaration with your label, marked as a gift with its value. The Netherlands gives relief on gifts between private people worth up to €45.
What not to put in the box
On every route
- Food and drink
- Liquids
- Loose lithium batteries and power banks
- Aerosols and spray cans
- Perfume, aftershave and nail polish (flammable)
- Alcoholic drinks
- Tobacco and e-cigarettes
- Lighters, matches and fireworks
- Cash, banknotes and jewellery
- Weapons, ammunition and replicas
- Medicines
Into the Netherlands
- Meat and dairy products from outside the EU
- Plants, fruit and seeds from outside the EU without a plant health certificate
- Illegal medicines and drugs
- Counterfeit goods
- Weapons and ammunition
- Protected animal and plant species (CITES)
About the Netherlands
- Capital Amsterdam
- Speaks Dutch
How gifts are given here
On 5 December Sinterklaas brings the presents. Each comes with a teasing poem about its receiver, and is often hidden inside a homemade, gloriously silly disguise.
Say thank you
Dank je wel
say it dahnk yuh vel
Write it on the card in your box.
Open rounds that include the Netherlands
Each round names the countries it is open to. The ring decides where your box goes.
Boxes that arrived in the Netherlands
See the gallery
Somebody in the Netherlands is waiting for a parcel.
See open roundsRules last checked 19 Oct 2026. The national post and customs authority have the final word. Sources: douane.nl, douane.nl, douane.nl, food.ec.europa.eu, food.ec.europa.eu.