Die neue EU-China-Import-Abgabe

Es geht wieder ums Geld.

Die CyprusMail hat einen Artikel über die neuen Abgaben, die in der EU ab Juli gelten: New tax on non-EU items could drastically affect Cyprus consumers

From the start of July, the European Union is introducing a €3 duty on non-EU goods worth up to €150. This affects, among others, major retailers such as the fashion chain Shein and the budget retailer Temu.

The new duty is intended to ensure fairer competition between domestic suppliers and those from third countries. As things stand, however, it means one thing above all else: bureaucratic chaos and uncertainty over responsibilities.

Da weiß man dann gleich schon wieder, dass das mehr Aufwand kostet als es bringt.

“The reason for imposing this temporary duty is to correct the unfair competition between the EU and third countries’ traders caused by the exponential increase of e-trade and the distance selling of low value consignments,” the customs department told the Cyprus Mail.

Recent figures of the European Commission paint a clear picture: 4.6 billion e-commerce parcels valued under €150 were imported into the EU in 2024, equalling an average of 12 million parcels per day.

Und wie soll das nun laufen und berechnet werden? Weiß man nicht so genau:

How will the duty be applied?

The new duty is applicable on all orders below €150 of value placed with retailers from third countries. Rather than applied as a one-time duty, it will be applied to the individual products of the order.

“The €3 duty will be applied to each different item, according to their tariff headings, contained in a consignment,” an EU source told the Cyprus Mail.

In practice, this means that if a parcel contains a pair of jeans and two pairs of linen trousers, due to the different tariff sub-headings of the items, €6 in customs duty should be paid.

And that’s not all. Beyond the €3 duty, Brussels has also introduced an additional €2 handling fee per parcel, applicable from November.

But how will customs know how much the value of the consignments is?

“We are not informed about the value of the goods in a parcel, we only get informed about the reference number and the details of the receiver,” said ACS.

Toll.

Sie sollen also für alles, was in der Kiste ist, je nach Sorte die Abgabe berechnen, wissen aber gar nicht, was drin ist.

Heißt dann auch:

Wenn man sich irgendwelchen Elektronik-Kleinkram aus China schicken lässt, der nicht einmal in Konkurrenz zur EU steht, weil es das hier nicht gibt, zahlt man für jedes Teil im Wert von 50 Cent dann 3 Euro, und für alles zusammen noch zusätzlich 2 Euro. Mords Aufwand.

Das ist so dämlich, das muss von der EU kommen.

Wer sonst denkt sich so einen Quatsch aus?