# France wants to start charging non-EU online sellers a handling fee for each low-value package, as the country copes with an influx of cheap goods from China. Such a fee would help cover the cost of checking small packages ordered by EU consumers via platforms such as Chinese-founded firms Temu and Shein. In 2024, 4.6-billion packages, each worth under one-thousand-200-rand with 91-percent from China, entered the EU. Merchandise worth less than one-thousand-200-rand, excluding VAT, purchased by mail and sent directly from a third country is not subject to EU customs duties.
France wants to add handling fee to packages from platforms like Shein and Temu