EU to End De Minimis with Flat Customs Fee in 2026

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The European Union has validated a new tax of EUR 3 on small packages imported of less than EUR 150, applicable from 1 July 2026. Aiming mainly at Shein and Temu, this measure wants to protect the European market. But be careful, the amount applies by category of item, and the bill could therefore quickly rise.

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In recent years, the e-commerce platforms have profoundly changed the purchasing habits of European consumers. Leveraged by very wide catalogues and competitive prices, they have relied on a favourable customs framework to ship millions of low-value parcels from Asia. But in the face of the explosion of volumes and [...]

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Three-euro t-shirts, barely more expensive electronic gadgets, delivered in a few days from China: for millions of Europeans, the baskets filled on Shein, Temu or AliExpress have become a reflex. At the same time, the small traders see the customers drift to these platforms and the sorting centers crunch under mountains of very low-value packages. Faced with this "avalanche" of small shipments, the Twenty-Sevens have decided on a common response…