The EU will introduce a new tax. The amount for the package up to 150 euros leaked

The European Union is preparing a bat on Chinese giants

Small packages that go to European Union countries can be charged with additional tax – the Financial Times has found out. This is to hit primarily China. The fee would be about 2 euros per packagewhich goes directly to the recipient and 0.5 euro for goods that are stored in Europe. The money obtained in this way would be allocated to customs control, and the rest went to the EU budget.

Parcels from China flood Europe

Money will undoubtedly be useful to customs offices. Due to the increased interest in goods from China, they are currently heavily overloaded. It is estimated that They must celebrate approx. 4.6 billion packages per year sent by retail stores outside the Union directly to private clients (so much in 2024). This means on average 12 million packages a day. Compared to the previous year, it is twice as much. It is primarily about parcels from online sellers, such as this and Shein, whose value is up to 150 euros. As much as 91 percent Such packages in the EU come from China, and interestingly they are exempt from customs fees in the European Union.

Chinese packages are harmful to Europeans?

However, the European Union wants to seriously take on this type of shopping Europeans. Commissioner for Trade Marosz Główczovicz promised “Solving problems related to the growing number of such shipments that cause complaints from European retailers on unfair competition, and also allow you to import goods that do not meet EU standards“It has been estimated that as many as 85 percent of goods sold on Chinese electronic trade platforms do not meet EU standards.

Polish giants will benefit from these changes?

“Flat EUR 2 for shipments from China This is good news for Allegro, but it should also support LPP (Sinsay)” – notes Macronext analysts. It is unconfirmed yet informationtherefore it is difficult to say whether they affect the market, but the fact is that the company -Mattka ago – PDD Holdings loses 0.49 percent on the stock exchange. In turn, the Polish Allegro scored a very good day and strengthened by 1.41 percent. You have to pay PLN 33.8 for the shares of this company.

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Sources: “Financial Times“, European Parliament“The Guardian“, Macronext [X]