For years, non-EU sellers (particularly high-volume platforms) leveraged this “de minimis” threshold to ship parcels duty-free into the EU. That window is closing.
The European Union has officially fast-tracked one of the most significant changes to cross-border trade in decades. Following a political agreement in late 2025, the €150 customs duty exemption threshold for e-commerce imports will be abolished starting in 2026.
Contrary to the original 2028 proposal, the EU has moved the implementation forward to address “unfair competition” and massive undervaluation fraud.
One of the most critical details for compliance officers is that the €3 duty is often proposed to apply per item category (tariff heading) within a shipment, not just per box.