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If you've read our content before you know the average global brand earns just ~16% of its revenue internationally, while brands running FlavorCloud's Commerce Intelligence achieve 40 to 60%. Most of that gap closes in the back half of the year, and most of it lands outside the ...

Council Regulation (EU) 2026/382 put a flat €3 duty on low-value EU imports as of July 1, 2026. If you ship DDU or DAP, your customer now pays at the door.

If you sell into Europe, your EU duty cost may have just dropped to zero. As of 1 July 2026, the EU applies a 0% customs duty to a broad range of US-origin industrial go

The EU just changed what it takes to clear customs on distance sales. If you ship consumer goods into Europe, a new data requirement lands this fall, and the merchants who prepare early will move through customs while everyone else scrambles.

When international shoppers see a price on the product page that already covers duties, taxes, and fees, they buy more. Across the merchant cohort, spanning 5 merchants in 10 markets, monitored for an average of 3 months, we saw a 22.7% lift in shoppers reaching checkout, a ...

If you sell toys, children's products, apparel, footwear, or anything else regulated for consumer safety into the United States from abroad, a new U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission rule takes effect July 8, 2026. Starting that day, certificate of compliance data has to be ...

Summary: Jet fuel and diesel prices climbed sharply through early 2026, driving UPS, FedEx, DHL eCommerce, and USPS to reset fuel surcharge tables on the same lanes. Ground fuel surcharges now sit in the low-to-mid 20% range, up from about 7% in 2013, and international air ...

On July 1, 2026, the EU will start charging a flat €3 customs duty per HS6 item on every IOSS shipment valued under €150. The EU de minimis duty exemption for low order value (LOV) shipments (≤ €150) will be removed on July 1, 2026, with the interim €3 flat duty applying until ...

The fight over IEEPA tariff refunds entered a new phase last week. On May 29, the Department of Justice filed a motion to amend the Court of International Trade’s April 17 refund order, taking direct aim at the part that matters most to merchants: who actually gets their money ...

EU import fees 2026 are not landing as a single rule book. The EU customs reform gets most of the headlines, and rightly so. A €3 interim duty, an end to the €150 de minimis, a new EU-wide handling fee, and the shift of importer liability onto sellers are all genuinely ...