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8 days remaining. On July 1, 2026, the European Union will officially end the tariff exemption for imported goods valued at less than 150 euros.

All orders shipped directly to consumers from outside the EU are subject to a 3-euro import fee per item.

Starting November 1, an additional €2 per package customs handling fee will be charged for FBA shipments.

This is not a draft for public comment—the European Council officially approved it in February of this year. It applies to all platforms operating on European marketplaces, including Amazon, Temu, and SHEIN.

Recently, a seller asked me: “My Hong Kong company has been registered for two years, and I’ve been shipping goods from Shenzhen to the U.S. the whole time—they’ve never passed through Hong Kong. The company just uses a registered office address; I haven’t hired any staff or rented an office. Is this practice actually safe?”

My answer is: It’s not safe. Moreover, in the second half of 2026, there will be a surge in such incidents.

Sellers in the cross-border e-commerce industry have likely all heard the news—on June 3, Trump signed an executive order titled “Strengthening Customs Enforcement,” which comprehensively upgrades import regulations in six key areas.

This is not a minor adjustment aimed at “tightening management.”

The executive order makes its point very clear in black and white—it directly points out that the current customs system is “systematically inefficient and riddled with loopholes,” providing “opportunities for lawbreakers to undervalue imported goods, conceal key information, and evade customs duties.”

To put it in terms sellers can understand: Washington is determined to root out the gray market for "double clearance and tax-inclusive" shipments once and for all.

You don’t have much of a transition period left. U.S. Customs has granted 180 days for full compliance—but do you think you’ll be in the clear within 180 days? Think again. The first round of penalties will be imposed as early as September.

“I want to open a local Takealot store in South Africa—where do I even start?”
“Should we register a South African company first?”
“Does that mean once the store is up and running, we can start selling products?”
“Can a complete beginner do this?”