EU Import Cost Checker (EUR 3 parcel duty)

EU Import Cost Checker calculates what EU customs will charge on your parcels from China under the new rule. Since 1 July 2026 parcels under EUR 150 are no longer duty-free: every consignment of up to EUR 150 from outside the EU pays EUR 3 customs duty per item of a distinct tariff classification (Council Regulation (EU) 2026/382, until 1 July 2028), on top of import VAT.

Give it the products you source from 1688, Taobao, Tmall, AliExpress, Temu or Shein, or a scraper dataset, and get duty, VAT and total tax per product and per parcel, with a suggested HS code for each item.

Built for EU dropshippers, small webshops, sourcing agents, buying agents and anyone pricing products from China for EU customers.

How it works

1. Paste the dataset ID of your 1688 / Taobao / AliExpress scraper run, or a list of items (title, price, currency, quantity, parcelId).
2. Pick the destination country for the VAT rate.
3. Each product gets a suggested 6-digit HS code (AI, with confidence) and its value in EUR at the ECB reference rate.
4. Items with the same parcelId (or orderId) are one consignment: under EUR 150 it pays EUR 3 per distinct tariff code, plus VAT.

{"items": [{"title": "Wireless Bluetooth earbuds", "price": 45, "currency": "CNY", "parcelId": "order-1"}], "destinationCountry": "NL"}

Output (one row per product)

Product	HS code	Value EUR	Parcel	Duty	VAT	Total tax
Wireless Bluetooth earbuds (45 CNY)	851830	6.05	order-1	6.00	3.25	9.25
Silicone phone case (3 x 8.50 CNY)	392690	3.43	order-1	6.00	3.25	9.25
Women summer chiffon dress (69 CNY)	620443	9.28	order-2	3.00	2.58	5.58

(Destination NL, VAT 21%, ECB rate of 30 Oct 2026. order-1 has two tariff codes, so EUR 6 duty.)

Fields: title, price, currency, quantity, value in EUR, HS code with description and confidence, TARIC link, parcel value, under EUR 150, tariff lines, duty, VAT, total tax, the rule applied, ECB rate and date. The SUMMARY record lists every parcel's totals.

Use cases

• Price your products right: see the real landed cost before you list an item from 1688 or Taobao.
• Plan your parcels: mixing many tariff codes in one parcel multiplies the EUR 3; grouping items of the same code keeps it at EUR 3.
• Check a supplier's quote: compare DDP prices against the tax you would pay yourself.

How much does it cost?

$0.005 per product. Costing 1,000 products costs $5.

Use it from code and AI agents

from apify_client import ApifyClient
run = ApifyClient("<YOUR_APIFY_TOKEN>").actor("factline/eu-import-cost-checker").call(
    run_input={"datasetId": "<YOUR_SCRAPER_DATASET_ID>", "destinationCountry": "DE"})

AI agents can call it through the Apify MCP server, and Make, Zapier and n8n through their Apify modules.

FAQ

Are the HS codes final? No, they are AI suggestions with a confidence score. Check them in TARIC (linked on every row) before you declare.

What about parcels over EUR 150? The normal duty rate for the tariff code applies. The actor flags those parcels and links TARIC.

Which VAT rate is used? The standard rate of the destination country. Reduced rates (books, food) are not applied.

Where does the rule come from? Council Regulation (EU) 2026/382 and the European Commission's notice of 29 June 2026. Exchange rates come from the European Central Bank.

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Factline Data: official records as ready-made tools. Every row names its source.