Tariff numbers required July 1st

[RetroMonde]

Any other sellers concerned about this? I got another email about this tariff number on the postage label being required beginning July 1st. The problem is that all my EU packages go to the shipping center in California without my ever seeing the buyers address or even a shipping/customs label at my end. Won't providing a code be on Etsy at that point to be sure there's a proper code on the label? I asked this on the forum but hadn't got an answer last time I looked (weeks ago).

So I got curious about exactly WHAT countries I'm selling to so checked my shipping settings and discovered that all my settings had been altered yet again to ship worldwide. In a fit of pique I finally deleted countries outside the US. Maybe I allowed Canada but I'm not even sure about that now. Do any other venues require us to collect EU VAT, tariff etc or is it only Etsy because they located their HQ in Ireland? Since they're in the EU, we have to jump thru hoops for their tax advantage? Any thoughts about this tariff code, VAT & tariff collection (that we sellers do pay FVFs on) and shipping international in general? My sales are down anyway but I've never done much business overseas since USPS raised rates so high. I'd love other seller's perspectives.

[frakinfashion]

eBay hasn't made a peep about it so I presume that GSP will handle it, if required. On Etsy, I changed my shipping to exclude EU countries from my approved shipping list. I just can't be bothered with that. The UK is no longer in the EU and neither are the few other countries that I'm willing to ship too.

[RetroMonde]

I must have been doing something wrong in my settings cause I tried to allow Japan, Australia & New Zealand as well as the UK but it wouldn't allow it. So I axed 'em all.