It seems to be a prevalent practice of local subsidiaries of international courier services. In Serbia, they will each charge you a different amount (DHL 3240

It seems to be a prevalent practice of local subsidiaries of international courier services. In Serbia, they will each charge you a different amount (DHL 3240 RSD or slightly less than 30€, UPS 4800/40 and FedEx 5400/45) for being an import agent. Officially, you can use another registered import agent (some of them only charge around 10€), but it's a bigger hassle. Locally, UPS tries hardest to avoid charging you for their service, but the best trick I found is to look for web sites shipping with import fees prepaid (eg. Amazon, as much as I hate to say it). Alternatively, shipping with regular postal services works much better in Serbia too (if they submit your package for customs inspection, you only need to pay up to a 3€ fee), so perhaps look for components shoo which ships with regular post.