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Προσθήκη του ot.gr στην GoogleCheap online shopping from Chinese e-commerce giants is about to get more expensive across Europe.
Starting July 1, 2026, a new EU regulation takes effect that ends the duty-free treatment of low-value parcels entering the European market. Packages worth less than €150 from offshore platforms such as Shein and Temu will now carry a fee of around €3.
The goal is to impose some order on what has become an unchecked flood of millions of packages from Chinese e-commerce platforms, Shein and Temu chief among them.
The scale of the phenomenon is striking. The Hellenic Confederation of Commerce and Entrepreneurship (ESEE), the main body representing Greek retailers, recently described an explosive rise in low-value e-commerce parcels entering the EU. In 2025, imports of small parcels surpassed 5.88 billion items, up from 4.67 billion in 2024, a record high. The growth rate last year, at roughly 25%, was actually a slowdown from the near 100% increases of recent years.
The trajectory is steep. Small-parcel traffic stood at 1.39 billion items in 2022, climbed
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