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Here is the honest version most forwarders won't tell you. The old US$800 "de minimis" exemption that let small parcels enter the United States duty-free was suspended on 29 August 2025, and the suspension applies to EU shipments too. That exemption no longer exists: US import duty can now apply to your order from the very first dollar, with no value threshold below which clothing arrives free. The upside for your budget is that the US has no federal VAT or GST, so at the border you face customs duty only — not a value-added tax. Any state sales or use tax is your own obligation and is never collected by the courier. One more number to plan around: your your EU store prices already include Spain's 21% VAT, and shipping through a forwarder to an EU address does not let a private shopper reclaim that VAT (a tourist refund needs a personal export with a customs stamp, which a forwarder can't do). So budget against the .es sticker price, not a tax-free one.

The one figure we deliberately won't pin down is the exact duty rate, because in 2026 it is genuinely in flux. An IEEPA-based tariff framework was struck down in February 2026, and a temporary Section 122 surcharge now sits on top of the normal HTS apparel rates — so any single "X% on clothes" number you read online is probably already stale. Rather than guess, we estimate your full landed cost — item value, plus duty, plus shipping — before you ship, so you can plan with a realistic estimate. Create your free Spanish forwarding address, fill your cart at your EU store, and run it through our shipping calculator for the real number before you commit.

Here is the honest version. When Max Mara ships a coat from Italy to an address outside the EU, the ~22% Italian VAT is removed at checkout, so a coat published at roughly EUR 1,690-1,790 (VAT included) is charged at around EUR 1,385-1,470 on export. That is a genuine, real discount you capture at the till, not a refund you claim later. If your forwarding address is inside the EU, the EU price you pay still includes local VAT, and shipping that parcel onward through a forwarder does not let a private shopper reclaim it. The tourist tax-free refund scheme requires you to personally export the goods and get a customs stamp on your way out, which a forwarder cannot do on your behalf. So we never promise a VAT refund through forwarding.

The real value is twofold and it is large. First, Max Mara's Italian EUR pricing sits well below the US USD MSRP even before VAT is removed: the 101801 Madame is $4,490 in the US versus ~EUR 1,690-1,790 published in Italy. Second, the EU storefront gives you the complete Icon collection and the broader European range, more colors, special editions and earlier coat drops, that the curated US site simply does not carry. That access plus the EU price, not a VAT refund, is what makes buying Max Mara in Italy and shipping to the USA worth it.

Here is an illustrative, dated example for the most typical Max Mara basket: one 101801 Madame icon coat shipped from Italy to the USA. We start from the published Italian price (~EUR 1,690-1,790, VAT included), apply the ~22% VAT removal on export to a non-EU address (so the charged item value is ~EUR 1,385-1,470), add forwarding, and show US import duty as a band rather than a single rate, because 2026 US duty rates are genuinely in flux.

Important 2026 reality: the US $800 de minimis exemption (Section 321) was suspended on 2025-08-29, so do not assume a coat under $800 (or any value) arrives duty-free, US import duty can apply from the first dollar. The exact rate is volatile right now: the IEEPA 15% framework was struck down in February 2026, and a temporary surcharge currently sits on top of the normal HTS rate for wool and camel-hair coats, so we show duty as a wide 15-30% band. The figures below are an estimate to set expectations, not a quote. We estimate your real landed cost before anything ships, and you can run your own basket through the calculator on this page.