Enacted Threshold

European Union — Low value consignment duty

Jurisdiction
🇪🇺 European Union
Tax
Customs/Import
Change type
Threshold
Status
Enacted
Effective
1 July 2026
Verified
Fetched from official source · high confidence
The change

The EU will abolish the €150 customs-duty exemption for low-value consignments and apply a temporary flat customs duty of €3 per item on goods valued up to €150 sold to consumers, from 1 July 2026 until 1 July 2028. The European Commission published the guidance and legal text on 8 June 2026.

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