As I am planning on buying my next battery from EM3EV, I e-mailed them to clarify the import fees situation. This is the reply I received:would I get hit with taxes buying from them?
' We have one shipping method called as European-Direct method which can avoid the import fees. You just need to have a try with our website which has automated check out. You can find out the shipping cost once you confirm what you wish. The defaulting shipping method we have on our website is the direct method.
This is how the European direct shipping method works:
We use Europe-Direct for all the battery shipments to the EU countries. The parcel will be sent to one European warehouse by air first and then transferred to the destination via UPS (or DPD occasionally). You don’t need to worry about the import fees. The shipping takes around 2-2.5 weeks once the order leaves us. We can get one UPS (or DPD) tracking number once our shipping agent starts to process the shipment in China, but the parcel won’t be picked up by UPS or DPD until it reaches Europe. It typically takes around 7-10 days for the parcel to be picked up by UPS or DPD once the shipping label is created '