EU to slap €3 customs duty on small parcels from July 1st

Ordering parcels online from non-European Union countries will cost you a little more in future with a new EU customs duty coming into force on July 1st.

The €3 duty, which will be applied from July 1st 2026, will apply to all goods arriving from non-EU sellers registered in the EU’s import one-stop shop (IOSS) for value-added tax purposes.

It will be applied to packages valued less than €150 arriving in the EU from third countries.

This represents 93 per cent of all e-commerce flows to the European Union, according to EU data.

Elimination of customs duty exemption