Free guide · 2026 edition · 19 pages · Updated 31 October 2026
Shipping to Europe in 2026: the €3 duty, the €2 fee, the new product IDs, and how to keep EU customers buying
The €3 duty, the €2 handling fee and VAT, what each costs per order and how to reduce it, which EU posts still accept unpaid parcels, and how to keep selling with one price at checkout and parcels that arrive paid. 19 pages, about a 15-minute read.
- Import duty, the €2 fee and VAT in one place, with the legitimate ways to reduce each
- €0 duty for UK- and EU-made goods: when the origin claim works, and on which services
- Country by country: where Royal Mail can prepay duty and what each EU post does with unpaid parcels
- Ship DDP with one price at checkout, and the copy to put on your shipping page
EU customs · 2026 edition
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Key dates
1 July 2026
The €150 duty-free exemption ended: a flat €3 customs duty per declaration line on parcels up to €150
1 November 2026
A €2 customs handling fee per declaration line at any order value; product identifiers mandatory
30 June 2028
The flat €3 is scheduled to end when the EU Customs Data Hub goes live
In force now
German customs no longer accept duty-unpaid low-value imports (since late October 2026)
About a 15-minute read
What's inside
- 01What changed, and when
- 02Import duty, the €2 fee and VAT
- 03Ship DDP: one price, the parcel arrives paid
- 04Shipping by post: what still gets through
- 05Your three options
- 06Show one price, keep the sale
- 07Product identifiers on every line
- 08How Teleship handles this for youpage 16
- 09Your checklist before peak
- 10What UK stores say after switching
Used by UK stores shipping to 39 duty-paid markets
