Est. 1926
EU fulfilment cost check · 1 July 2026 duty

What selling your products into the EU really costs per order.

Since 1 July, every parcel you send into the EU picks up duty from the first euro. Slide in your numbers and see the cost per order two ways: shipping each order in from abroad, versus holding stock inside the EU.

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Cost per order
Ship each order in0EUR
Hold stock in the EU0EUR
That is 0 a year sitting in the wrong fulfilment model.
Estimate from your inputs. Not a quote.
€3
New duty per item, per product type, on parcels into the EU since 1 July 2026.
EU Council Reg. 2026/382
~4%
Of sales lost to stockouts on average. Local stock is how you stop them.
Corsten & Gruen; IHL Group
21%
Of shoppers abandon a cart because delivery is too slow. 39% over shipping cost.
Baymard Institute
How this works

Three inputs. One honest number. Then the gap only a call can close.

01

Slide in your numbers

Your orders a month, order value, and what you ship. Defaults are set from published rates you can edit.

02

See the cost per order, both ways

Shipping each order in from abroad versus holding stock in the EU and shipping local. Duty, freight, storage, returns, all in.

03

Get your real number on a call

The tool uses standard rates. Your exact duty depends on your product codes. We map it on your top sellers, free.

The calculator

Your cost per order, from abroad vs from EU stock.

Your setupEUR
Enter what you ship today. We will show what 1 July now costs you, and the EU-stock alternative.
Sets the EU duty rate and how the goods pallet. You can edit both below.
2,000
20020,000
40
lowhigh
1.5 kg
0.2 kg15 kg
At your numbers
Holding EU stock wins
About €0 less per order.
The 1 July duty adds
€0 per order

Charged per product type in the parcel, from the first euro. Holding EU stock pays duty once on the bulk import instead.

Import VAT you would stop pre-funding (cash freed, not a saving)
€0
Every figure is an estimate from your inputs and published rates, not a quote. Your real duty depends on your exact product codes. Confirmed on a call against your own numbers.
Assumptions - every figure is editable

These are defaults from published rates (sources in the footer). They are set from your category and origin. Change any of them and the numbers above update. Duty is charged on customs value (landed cost), not your retail price - which is why it is lower than the headline rate.

Ship each order in, baseinternational parcel, first kg, from your origin
EUR
...plus each extra kgweight above 1 kg
EUR
Product types per parceldrives the €3-per-type duty
x
National handling feeFrance, Italy, Romania average, per parcel
EUR
Customs clearance per parcelbroker or carrier disbursement
EUR
EU import duty rateon customs value, set by category
%
Customs value vs retaillanded cost as a share of order value
%
Bulk-in freight per unitcontainer in, spread per unit
EUR
Storage per pallet, per weekbonded EU warehouse
EUR
Weeks of stock you holdaverage time a unit sits, set by category
wk
Units per pallethow the goods stack, set by category
Pick, pack & local shipEU handling plus intra-EU parcel
EUR
Inventory carrying costcapital tied up, per year
%
Return rateset by category
%
Return cost, cross-borderper returned order
EUR
Return cost, from EU stockper returned order
EUR
The other half of the gap

Lower cost is only part of it. EU-local stock is what lets you grow.

€0
A year in sales you are likely leaving on the table to stockouts, at ~4% of revenue. Local stock is how brands stop that.
Corsten & Gruen; IHL Group
€0
Extra revenue a year if faster EU-local delivery lifts your conversion by the amount below. Illustrative, not a promise.
Baymard: slow delivery is a top-3 abandonment reason
0%
Why the model flipped

The cheap way in just got expensive. The reliable way got cheaper.

For years the cheapest way to sell into Europe was to ship each order straight in from outside the EU. On 1 July 2026 that ended. Every parcel now carries duty from the first euro, per product type, plus stacking national fees. Hold stock in an EU bonded warehouse instead and you clear duty once on the bulk import, ship local in a few days, and stop bleeding per-parcel. That is the model KTL runs for brands like yours out of the Rotterdam-Antwerp corridor: importer of record, EU VAT handled, one partner, since 1926.

€3 / item
New EU duty per product type on every cross-border parcel, until standard tariffs return in 2028.
EU Council Reg. 2026/382, live 1 July 2026
~2-5 days
EU-local delivery from Dutch stock, vs weeks on cheap cross-border post.
Carrier transit benchmarks
1 partner
Bonded warehouse, importer of record, EU VAT, pick, pack and pan-EU delivery under one roof.
KTL / Kennis Transport & Logistics

Now get your real number.

This tool works on standard rates. Your exact duty depends on your product codes, and duty varies a lot by product. On a quick call we map the real landed cost on your top sellers, and whether bonded storage defers your cash-flow hit. 15 minutes, your own numbers, no pitch.

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Rakesh Badal
KTL / Kennis Transport & Logistics · 3pm your time
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