EU Customs €3 Duty Set for July 1

he European Union (EU) will abolish the €150 customs duty exemption for low-value goods imported from non-EU countries from Jul1, 2026. At that time, the EU will apply a €3 customs duty on parcels entering the EU with a value of €150 or less. 

The duty will be levied per-item type (customs tariff classification), not per-parcel. So, a package containing multiple different items/tariff classification – a common type of purchase from an ecommerce marketplace – will pay €3 for each item in the shipment. A package containing multiples of the same item (all having the same HS code) would pay €3 for the entire shipment. VATabout has an excellent article targeted at overseas vendors that includes a breakdown of the duty and examples.

The removal of this so-called €150 de minimis on customs duties was already part of the Union Customs Code reforms as proposed by the European Commission, which had initially targeted its removal in 2028. However, after years of debate, that Council of the European Union agreed last month that the de minimis threshold would end from July 1, 2026, and the flat €3 customs duty would take effect then.

Note that this customs duty is separate from the €2 handling fee the EU is planning for November 2026, although it is still under discussion.