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On 21 September 2026, the European Commission adopted a Delegated Regulation setting the Union handling fee at €2 per item. The act supplements Regulation (EU) 2026/2108, the new Union Customs Code, under Article 20(2).
The UK is removing the £135 low-value import duty relief and, on June 23, 2026, accelerated the deadline to October 2028 at the latest. New customs arrangements shift duty, VAT collection, and liability onto sellers and ...
For years, international mail was the lighter-touch way to get low-value parcels into the United States. That lane is now closed. On June 24, 2026, U.S. Customs and Border Protection published two interim final rules ...
If you ship consumer goods into Europe, the EU Product Identifiers (PIDs) requirement is already live in its voluntary phase. It became optional on July 1, 2026 and becomes mandatory on November 1, 2026. No sanctions ...