The EU introduces a new fee for parcels from outside the EU
The European Union implemented a two-euro handling fee on online packages from outside the bloc, effective Sunday, targeting shipments from China and undervalued parcels.
- A new EU-wide fee of two euros will apply to products ordered and imported into the EU.
- The European Commission estimates that about 60 percent of orders from outside the EU do not meet community requirements.
- The European Commission estimates the majority of those parcels were undervalued to avoid customs duties.
- EU customs offices processed around 6 billion packages from online retailers in 2025.
- The two euro fee is added to another three euro tariff already applied by the European Commission.
- A new fee called the Union Handling Fee is effective starting Sunday.
- Some 93 percent of the cheap packages that arrived in Europe came from China.
Outlets: China Labour Bulletin, ECO, Kurier, La Vanguardia, ORF News (Austria), Observador, RTL Today, RTP Notícias, Stern, The Irish Times, n-tv
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