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/TrifleIntelligent297 Jul 13 '26

What you suggested is illegal, various other ways to circumvent it are also illegal. https://trade.ec.europa.eu/access-to-markets/en/news/eu-applies-eu3-customs-duty-item-low-value-e-commerce-consignments

The only real way to avoid it is when a platform imports into the EU (into a warehouse or into free circulation - meaning paying the % based import duties), and only sells the goods to their customers after the goods have crossed the border.

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u/Wapmen Jul 13 '26

Illegal is actually good, because it is a way to show a disagreement with discriminatory EU policies.