This is a Cross Post from the Friends of BookMooch group on Facebook:

Mooch for the Summer as tax on packages is going up. Now I am not sure of all the legal aspects, but one of the expat groups I am on has had some postings saying that in July this summer there will be a tax for packages that are going between the EU and other countries. So that also means the UK.
Apparently upto now gifts and packages with a value below 22euro have been tax free. BUT it seems that there will be an import fee to be paid from July. So I am not sure if this will also affect those elsewhere???

Anyhow I recommend using a few Mooch points now to try and mooch books rather than storing them up if you think you might want some summer reading. Mooching now and not paying a fee is better than mooching and having to pay an import fee if you are in the EU.

I am not sure if this is not a general change elsewhere nor exactly what is happening - it seems there is also a move to have all packages with a tracking number and that they will have to be sent this way. As of now letters (which can include most books) do not need this, but this is on the horizon and in some places may already be here. Here in Finland we are supposed to buy different stamps for internal and external to the country mail and it may be that external to the country letters will have to be paid for and sent via this tracking system.

If anyone has ideas about sending cheaply do say! For example some people might be able to send through armed forces post and save on sending. It seems that this tax change is happening via an EU Directive so not every country will interpret this the same. It does apply to second hand books as a gift - mainly what we say BookMooch books are.

In some cases all packages will go via customs and a processing fee will have to be paid. It is unclear to me, but it is suggested in Finland at least this will be waived if no duty is due - details here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/172157289532073