Amazon Europe to Charge €2 Customs Handling Fee per Customs Declaration Item
The EU will charge a €2 customs handling fee per customs declaration item for imported goods shipped directly to EU consumers from outside the EU starting November 1, 2026.
What are the key facts?
- 1€2 customs handling fee per customs declaration item from November 1, 2026
- 2No exemption based on the goods’ value being below a certain threshold
- 3Carriers charge the fee to FBM sellers and pay EU customs on their behalf
- 4Remote-fulfillment fees reflected in product price displays on EU marketplaces
What happened?
An Amazon Europe seller announcement states that, starting November 1, 2026, the EU will charge a customs handling fee on imported goods shipped directly to EU consumers from outside the EU. The fee is €2 per customs declaration item, with no exemption based on the goods’ value being below a certain threshold.
For seller-fulfilled FBM orders, the carrier will charge the seller the fee and pay it to EU customs on the seller’s behalf. Relevant sellers therefore need to incorporate the cost into their product pricing, shipping fees, or profit models.
For sellers using Amazon Remote Fulfillment with FBA, Amazon will reflect the fee in the prices displayed on product detail pages, shopping carts, and checkout pages on EU marketplaces. The price set by the seller may differ from the final price seen by consumers.
The change mainly affects FBM sellers shipping directly to EU consumers from China, the United Kingdom, the United States, and other locations outside the EU; sellers of low-value, low-priced parcels; and sellers using remote fulfillment who have not yet rechecked their automatic repricing rules.
What does this mean for cross-border sellers?
Starting November 1, 2026, goods shipped directly to EU consumers from outside the EU will incur a €2 customs handling fee per customs declaration item, affecting fulfillment costs and margins for relevant FBM orders. Sellers using Amazon Remote Fulfillment with FBA should also monitor final prices displayed on EU marketplace product detail pages, shopping carts, and checkout pages.
What should sellers do now?
- 1This week, use a profit calculator to review FBM small parcels shipped directly to the EU from China, the United Kingdom, and the United States, modeling €2 per customs declaration item from November 1, 2026; produce a list of required product, shipping, and profit adjustments.HS duty estimate
- 2This week, review EU marketplace listings using Amazon Remote Fulfillment with FBA, verify prices on product detail pages, shopping carts, and checkout pages, create a variance table, and flag products requiring a review of automatic repricing rules.Profit calculator