Post by Sellerportal.cz | Amazon Agency

As of 1 July 2026 the EU scrapped the €150 duty-free exemption on low-value imports and replaced it with a flat €3 customs duty charged per item by tariff classification rather than per parcel, so a box of five identical units carries one €3 charge while a box mixing two product types carries €6, and the duty falls on the declarant rather than the customer at the door. Adopted under Council Regulation (EU) 2026/382 and running until 1 July 2028, the measure captures the roughly 93% of cross-border parcels sent by IOSS-registered non-EU sellers, and it follows nearly 5.9 billion low-value items entering the EU in 2025, up from 4.6 billion the year before, which is why Brussels moved to close a gap that had handed direct-from-China models a structural price edge over EU-based sellers. For FBA sellers importing in bulk and shipping to customers from EU-held stock the direct hit is limited, since parcels moving inside the EU are not caught, but anyone still replenishing in small lots from outside the bloc or fulfilling EU orders from stock held abroad sees landed cost rise on every low-value line, and with a separate handling fee of around €2 per consignment still only proposed for later in 2026 rather than confirmed, the sensible move is to price in the €3 now and treat the fee as a watch item. The detail that catches sellers out is that grouping mixed goods under one vague line to apply a single lower charge is not permitted where the €3 duty applies, so accurate HS codes and item descriptions now separate a predictable cost from a parcel held at the border. Sellerportal is tracking how the shift lands across Amazon.de and the other EU marketplaces. Are you shifting replenishment into EU-based stock to sidestep the per-item duty, or holding your cross-border flow and absorbing the €3 on low-value lines? #AmazonSellers #AmazonFBA #Ecommerce #AmazonPPC #Sellerportal #Customs #Europe