As an English guy living in Belgium for over 20yrs, I can say that while Belgium has a lot going for it some of it however , this Customs Tax is one of many very strange and crazy things about Belgium, I have NO idea how they can impose such a heavy tax on a "poor little pussy cat" :-)

I was wrong .... it was even more !!!! :-(

Think that I win on the extra duty to be paid, after waiting a couple of weeks more than the originally planned delivery date (no problem with that - these things can happen!), I got received notice that my "cat" had arrived and was now with the BELGIUM CUSTOMS after a 3 weeks of waiting and several calls to BPost, I finally managed to get an email address where I could inquire as to the whereabouts of my "cat". I sent my email off and waited ... 2 weeks later I got a reply that the "cat" was being checked over and would be shortly released from custody! Another week went by and out of the blue my "cat" finally arrived. With a bill from the Belgium Customs for a total additional charge €90.27 !!!!! Unbelievable!! Nice cat though :-)