China Commerce Ministry Urges EU to Review Low-Value Import Fees

The EU's layered charges on low-value parcels are shifting from a single customs duty into a recurring cost structure, and Beijing's public pushback signals that cross-border e-commerce is now a trade-policy issue rather than a logistics detail. The burden falls most directly on Chinese marketplace sellers and the European consumers who rely on low-cost imports, with platforms absorbing or passing through the added handling fee. Whether the EU treats the fee as a technical adjustment or a durable revenue tool is the open question, and how sellers reprice or reroute low-value shipments is worth watching.