Shipping parcels to Germany
Germany, Europe's largest e-commerce market, offers opportunities for French e-tailers. With a connected population and high purchasing power, expanding into Germany can significantly boost your sales. This page reveals the keys to successful development in this market: from specific buying habits to optimised shipping solutions, not forgetting the regulatory and logistical aspects. Colissimo will help you to achieve efficient delivery and a successful customer experience in Germany.
Identity card and basic information about Germany
- Country code : DE
- Capital : Berlin
- Languages : German
- Population : 84 708 010 millions residents
- Currency : Euro
Public holidays 2025 :
1 January, 6 January, 18 April, 21 April, 1 May, 29 May, 9 June, 19 June, 3 October, 1 November, 25 December and 26 December.
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Send your parcels to Germany with Colissimo
Delivery options available :
- Colissimo Domicile International – with signature
- Colissimo Point Retrait International
- Colissimo Retour International
Option(s) :
- Ad valorem compensation (Colissimo home with signature, point retrait and return)
Delivery partners and integrated services :
Deutsche Post :
- Offers : Home delivery with signature (1) and Return Germany to France
- Tracking : Yes, from deposit to delivery
- Interactive notification service : Yes
- No. of parcel presentations : 1
- Deadline : Yes, 10 days (excluding returns)
- Saturday delivery : No
- Proof of delivery : No
(1) Via the postal partner option, which also gives the option of delivery to a Deutsche Post Packstation (13,000 points). The e-buyer must then enter the Packstation address of their choice instead of their home address. To take advantage of this service, e-buyers must first register for the service and activate the Post & DHL application on their smartphone.
DPD Germany :
- Offers : Home delivery with signature, collection point and return from France to Germany
- Type of collection point : shop relay
- Tracking : Yes, from deposit to delivery
- Interactive notification service : Yes
- No. of parcel presentations : 2
- Delivery time : Yes, 5 days
- Saturday delivery : Yes
- Proof of delivery : Yes, via the Colissimo parcel tracking tool
- Mode of transport : road
- From D+3
- Delivery time commitment for Colissimo Domicile and Colissimo Point Retrait
- Tariff zone : 1
- Maximum weight (machine-operated): 30kg home delivery and return, 20kg at collection point
- Maximum length (machine-readable) : 1 m
- Max layout L + W + H (non mechanisable) : 1,50 m
- Transport regulations : Dangerous goods authorised under the ADR may only be transported with the agreement of our safety experts. experts.
Consult your sales contact to find out more
- Customes documents :
To the EU, no customs documents documents are required.
Please note that goods to Büsingen (78266) and the island of Heligoland (27998) must be accompanied by the following documents: + 4 copies of CN23 form, + 2 copies of the commercial or pro forma invoice. - Specific restrictions :
Sensitive products or products subject to excise duty must be accompanied by specific documents. - Goods prohibited from import :
none. - The above lists are not exhaustive and are subject to change. You are advised to consult the websites of the customs authorities in the destination countries.
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