EU customs reform names Temu, Shein as importers; 3 euro duty on small parcels

Summary

The EU Council passed a customs-law overhaul on 3 September that designates non-EU platforms such as Temu, SHEIN, AliExpress and Amazon as 'importers of record', with parcels under 150 euro facing a flat 3 euro duty plus a handling fee and repeat offenders liable for fines of 1-6% of their past 12 months of EU imports - a direct hit to Chinese cross-border e-commerce.