People shipping a household from outside the EU tend to land on one of two assumptions: that customs charges are unavoidable, or that personal effects are automatically exempt. The verhuisboedel (household removal) exemption sits between them, carrying conditions on timing and prior ownership that are easy to fall foul of after the fact.
Not if you qualify for the verhuisboedel exemption, which covers most genuine relocations from outside the EU. The core conditions: you need to have lived outside the EU for at least 12 consecutive months before the move, you must have owned and actually used the goods for at least 6 months already, and you have to bring them into the Netherlands within 12 months of registering as a resident here — so you can't leave half your stuff in storage abroad for two years and then import it duty-free later. There's also a lock-in afterward: you can't sell, lend, rent out, or transfer the imported goods for 12 months after they arrive, or the exemption can be clawed back. You can't file this yourself — your moving company handles the customs declaration using a specific exemption code, and you'll need to provide a signed inventory list of everything being shipped plus proof of registration with your Dutch gemeente (BRP inschrijving). Worth confirming these details directly with Belastingdienst/Douane or your mover before shipping, since some goods (vehicles, weapons, certain valuables) have separate rules layered on top.