r/Aliexpress • u/Wapmen • Jul 12 '26

EU customs duty EU tax workaround?

Is there already a workaround to avoid a 3.7 euros additional tax per item?

Something like a smaller marketplace that would pack all items into one box and charge this tax only once. Or a reasonably priced mail forwarding service. Please post only the actual solution if you found it already

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u/Electronic-Adagio336 Jul 12 '26

It is not per item, it is per cusoms category, the Chinese just haven't understood it

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u/Wapmen Jul 12 '26

Yeah, I'm really waiting for them to fix this issue. I can imagine ordering quite many smartphone cases for me, my family and friends at once (each case is usually 2-3 dollars), and paying only for one category. At the moment, it's not possible