August 2026

Why 91% of EU’s Low-Value Parcels Come from China — And What Changes Now     For 20 years a €150 box might have been brought into the European Union without a customs officer ever checking what was inside or how much it cost. It’s that unassuming convenience that saw around 4.6 billion low-value parcels […]

Two HS Codes, Two €3 Charges: The EU Parcel-Splitting Trap     Since July 1, 2026, cross-border vendors shipping into the European Union have been looking at customs invoices that don’t quite line up. One parcel, weighing only about 300 grams and containing three little things, arrives with not one but two or even three

Ship from China to the UK: The £135 Simplified Procedure Explained     Anyone who has sold a product from China into the United Kingdom during the last few years has encountered the same three characters sooner or later: £135. It’s the line that decides whether a parcel passes thru the border unobtrusively or is

UK Post-Brexit Shipping from China: What’s Different from the EU     For years a UK importer and a German importer could buy from the same factory in Shenzhen, employ the same forwarder and fill out almost the same paperwork. Brexit put a stop to that overlap. The UK now has its own tariff schedule,

Ship from China to Spain: Fastest Routes and Real Costs in 2026     Spain has quietly become one of the main gateways for Chinese goods in Southern Europe. Importers now have more route options than they did even two years ago, because to the transshipment scale of Algeciras, the container throughput of Valencia and

Ship from China to the Netherlands: The Rotterdam Customs Playbook     Rotterdam is Europe’s busiest container port and for many importers, it’s the first place a shipment from China either sails through or gets trapped in a queue of paperwork fixes. The port itself is functional. The problem is virtually never the terminal, it’s

Ship from China to France: What Sellers Need to Know Post De-Minimis     For years, exporting low-value goods from China to France was surprisingly simple. A package under €150 passed customs without duty and VAT was collected via IOSS or on delivery and vendors constructed pricing models around that predictable baseline. That time has

Ship from China to Germany: Full 2026 Customs & VAT Breakdown     Germany is the biggest single market for Chinese commodities entering the European Union, and 2026 has evolved into the most disruptive year for that trade corridor in more than a decade. The EU customs code is finally being overhauled this year in

IOSS Registration Guide: Shipping from China to the EU in 2026   Introduction The Import One-Stop Shop, or IOSS, has been the unsung hero of cross-border e-commerce between China and the European Union for years. It allowed retailers to collect VAT at the point of sale, clear shipments more quickly and avoid surprise invoices appearing

The New €3 Duty on Every Parcel from China to Europe, Explained     For over 20 years, a tiny technical loophole in European customs law allowed millions of cheap shipments to enter the EU every day without paying a cent of charge. This exception no longer exists. Starting 1 July 2026, all parcels arriving