EU’s New Levy on Parcels Kicks In
The levy applies to each product category and comes on top of a €3 duty, with officials saying it will help fund customs checks.
- Starting 1 November 2026, The European Union will impose a €2 handling fee on packages from outside the region, charged per item regardless of parcel value.
- Brussels implemented the fee to address administrative strain from nearly 6 billion small annual packages, 93% of which originate from China via platforms like AliExpress and Temu.
- The €2 charge applies per item; a package with 10 T-shirts incurs €2, while two hats and 10 T-shirts cost €4, stacked on the existing €3 duty.
- Online marketplaces including Amazon must pay the fee, though platforms may raise prices to pass costs to consumers before Black Friday, Cyber Monday, and Christmas shopping rushes.
- The European Union will review the permanent handling fee every two years to ensure proportionality, while the temporary €3 duty on small parcels expires 1 July 2028.
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With new taxes, the EU is making ordering cheap goods in non-EU countries increasingly unattractive. What you should pay attention to before buying - and when you get money back.
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With new taxes, the EU is making ordering cheap goods in non-EU countries increasingly unattractive. What you should pay attention to before buying - and when you get money back.
The two-euro tax is added to the three-euro tax introduced on 1 July. The objective is to cover the costs of increasing controls, but the final consumer account will be even more salty: 12,20 euro for the purchase of two products of different customs categories
For goods ordered in online shops outside the EU, a further fee has been due since Sunday: The dealer has to pay two euros per product group, such as T-shirts, screws or charging cables. Trade associations expect the fee to be passed on at least partially to consumers.
Controls and prices for orders from outside the EU were also increased in July.
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