Free guide · 2026 edition · 24 pages · Updated 23 October 2026
Shipping to Europe in 2026: the €3 duty, the €2 fee and how to keep EU customers buying
What changed on 1 July and 1 November, what your EU customers now pay, how to show one all-in price, and how to collect every charge at checkout so nobody gets a bill at the door. 24-page guide, about a 20-minute read.
- The €3 duty and €2 fee, line by line, with a worked DDU vs DDP Berlin order
- All 27 EU countries: where unpaid parcels get stuck, and that Teleship DDP clears every one
- Three ways to show the charges in Shopify, and what each does to conversion
- IOSS, €0 duty for UK-made goods, product identifiers, and a 13-point checklist
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
Already in force
Germany's window for unpaid low-value postal parcels closes on 31 October 2026
About a 20-minute read
What's inside
- 01What changed, and when
- 02Per line, not per parcel
- 03Shipping DDU: what your customer actually pays
- 04Where parcels get stuck: all 27 EU countries
- 05Your four options
- 06EU customers want the full price up front
- 07IOSS and EU VAT in plain English
- 08€0 duty for UK- and EU-made goods
- 09Product identifiers from 1 November
- 10Your checklist before peak
- 11How Teleship handles this for youpage 22
- 12What UK stores say after switching
Used by UK stores shipping to 37 duty-paid markets
