From July 1 the EU scraps the 150-euro duty-free threshold and puts a flat 3-euro duty per line on imports from outside. Shopify now gives a way to calculate it. Selling into the EU from outside - work it out now.
- From July 1 the EU scraps the 150-euro duty-free threshold: a flat 3-euro duty per tariff line for imports from outside (June 26).
- Affects sales into the EU from countries outside the union (incl. the UK); shipments within the EU aren't affected.
- Shopify gives two ways for the duty to be accounted for in the store right at checkout.
Three euros per item. That's the new duty. From July 1 the EU dropped the 150-euro duty-free threshold for low-value parcels and put a flat 3-euro duty per tariff line (each individual item in the parcel) on orders up to 150 euros imported into the EU from outside, including from the UK. Shopify announced support to calculate the duty right in the store.
Looks like a small change - three euros. Except it touches your margin and the final price for the buyer, from the day it takes effect onward. Selling into the EU from outside, work it out in advance - one of the things you need to know before the customer does, not have them surprise you at checkout.
And one clarification, without which I don't run something like this - the product support is Shopify's, the change itself is the EU's. Look for the exact terms, dates and scope in the European Commission's customs documents, not in a blog post. Three euros per line sounds like nothing. Multiply them by the catalog.
Shopify is the product source; the change itself is the EU's - for the exact terms and scope see the official customs documents (link in sources).