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Online shopping and special duties

You are required to pay special duties (excise duties) on some goods, such as spirits and coffee, if you buy them online from other EU countries.

If you buy goods such as spirits, wine and coffee online from other EU countries, you must pay a special duty (excise duty). In the vast majority of cases, you automatically pay excise duty via the webshop or the carrier. 

If you buy goods that are subject to excise duty online from other EU countries and choose to arrange the shipping yourself, or if the business from which you buy the goods do not pay duties in Denmark, you are yourself responsible for payment of the excise duty to the Danish Customs Agency.