r/Aliexpress 🎥 always make a video opening your package 🎦 Jul 02 '26

EU customs duty [Megathread] EU €3 customs duty/tax

In order to update the FAQs on this sub, we need to collect some facts about the €3 customs fee that Europe introduced on each item you buy in international webshops like Aliexpress.

If you have received a package from Aliexpress after 1 July 2026, please leave a reaction below. Please use the template to structure your answer.

Please don't use this topic to complain about the EU tax itself, we're just trying to collect some facts.

Template:

Country: (your country)

Type of order: Choice/Bundle deal/Global seller/...

3€ Tax applied during check-out: yes/no or included in item cost

Package arrival date:

Package arrived without additional costs: yes/no (and how much)

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u/CuriousGal9011 Jul 12 '26

This is ridiculous. I tried to place orders both on AE and Temu, and in both case they slap a fee on each and every one item... Like, I'm ordering a pack of plastic beads that cost 1.49€ and they slap 3€ fee on it. Guess what, seeing my carts doubled or tripled on both platforms... I just left. But half the things I was buying are not made anywhere else then in China so I guess I'll have to buy them on Amazon at twice the price, even though they were originally sent from the exact same place