eBay Highlights EU Duty Changes and U.S. CPSC Compliance Requirements
eBay’s export-seller page highlights that the EU ended low-value import duty relief and introduced a €3 customs duty per item from July 1, while certain exports to the United States require CPSC product-safety information from July 8.
What are the key facts?
- 1The EU ended the previous low-value import duty exemption for goods below €150 from July 1, 2026
- 2The EU introduced a €3 customs duty per relevant imported item
- 3Certain regulated products exported to the United States require CPSC product-safety information
- 4The requirement took effect on July 8, 2026
What happened?
eBay’s export-seller updates page continues to highlight two cross-border compliance changes. First, from July 1, 2026, the European Union ended the previous low-value import duty exemption for goods valued below €150 and introduced a €3 customs duty per item. Second, from July 8, 2026, sellers exporting certain clothing, toys, and other regulated products to the United States must submit product-safety information under requirements from the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC).
Although these rules did not first take effect within the past 48 hours, they remain operating conditions that sellers need to recheck during peak-season preparation and cross-border sales in Europe and the United States. For small and midsize sellers shipping directly to Europe and the United States, the effects include higher checkout prices, additional customs documents, stricter manufacturer-information and product-safety-document requirements, and margin pressure on some low-priced products from fixed duties. Sellers should prepare origin, manufacturer, compliance-certificate, product-safety, and tax data by destination country instead of continuing to rely on the previous model of shipping directly whenever an item was below the duty-free threshold.
What does this mean for cross-border sellers?
Changes to the EU tax treatment of imports below €150 and CPSC product-safety information requirements for certain regulated goods in the United States directly affect checkout prices, customs documentation, and margins for direct-shipping sellers. Sellers should recheck tax, origin, manufacturer, and product-safety data by destination country rather than relying on the old below-threshold shipping model.
What should sellers do now?
- 1This week, filter all products shipped to the EU and priced below €150, and recalculate the impact of the €3 customs duty per item on checkout prices and margins by destination country.HS duty estimate
- 2Update EU VAT and tax parameters, and check that checkout pages, shipping labels, and customs declarations use the latest data.VAT quick lookup
- 3Identify clothing, toys, and other regulated products shipped to the United States, and complete manufacturer information, product-safety documents, and required CPSC product-safety information for each item.
- 4Stop applying the old pricing rule that treated products below the duty-free threshold as eligible for direct shipping without further adjustment, and prioritize price or delivery-method changes for low-priced products materially affected by fixed duties.