Send stock to Germany (FBA) from a different country?
We’re currently registered to sell on Amazon UK and all our sales on Amazon are in the UK.
We’d like to expand to Germany and I was wondering if Amazon allows sending stock to FBA centres in Germany from a different country (not the UK)? e.g. we’re based in the UK, but instead of sending stock to FBA centres in Germany from the UK, we’d like to send it from Italy or Spain etc.
It makes more sense for us to send stock to Germany from France instead of the UK if we already have stock in France (plus it would saves us any potential issues brought upon by Brexit).
Also, can we send the stock through our sister company in France (or Spain) rather than the company we have in the UK?
Is this possible? I tried looking this up in the Amazon Help / Seller University but I haven’t had much luck (and admittedly, I’m not entirely sure what search terms to use to get the info I want haha).
Hope this makes sense & thanks a lot for any advice! 
9 replies
Seller_esvgLzKXw2YAl
Of course it does. They even have a partner carrier for shipments from China.
It literally doesn’t matter where the stock comes from, as long as it is shipped correctly, with all duties paid etc.
The only other thing to worry about, is being vat registered in the country that you are sending to.
Seller_7VbclcPFFRTnc
Yes you can but as stated, you still need a German VAT number and presumably still need fiscal representation and importer of record
Seller_qZO3ZCjoBXEeL
You will really need an accountant to assist with this. Depending on the definition of ‘sister company’ an ‘sending stock through’ will have significant implications for customs handling, VAT and taxation. In order for the sister company to be of use in the way that you anticipate I suspect the goods will need to change ownership several times on their journey (otherwise the companies are just acting as freight forwarders) and each of those events will probably generate a taxable event.
The combination of possibilities will really need a strategic accountancy approach far out of scope of a forum discussion.
