The EU wants to impose an import duty on all goods from Chinese platforms Temu, Aliexpress, and Shein. That is, it plans to abolish the €150 threshold below which imported goods are exempt from customs duties.
Reportedly, this taxation aims to stop the influx of so-called low-quality goods from China into the EU. According to the European Commission, last year, 2.3 billion goods were imported into the EU, the value of which was below the duty-free threshold of 150 euros.
These rules will apply to all online stores that deliver goods directly from outside the European Union to EU customers. For example, US-based Amazon usually uses sellers based in Europe.
