Free WooCommerce plugin
EU customs charges for dropshipping parcels – calculated right.
Since 1 July 2026 every parcel up to €150 from outside the EU pays €3 customs duty per item category. From its application date (expected 1 November 2026) a €2 EU handling fee per item category is added. The plugin calculates both the way customs counts them.
§ 01
How customs counts
01
Per parcel, not per order
Goods from different warehouses or countries are separate consignments – the €150 limit and the item count apply to each parcel.
Legal basis: Commission guidance of 5.10.2026, § 5.1
02
Per item category, not per piece
Five identical T-shirts are one item (€3). A T-shirt and a watch are two items (€6).
Legal basis: Reg. (EU) 2026/2108 Art. 5(78)
03
Value without shipping and VAT
Only the value of the goods counts for the €150 limit. Above it the normal customs tariff applies; the handling fee stays.
Legal basis: Reg. (EU) 2026/382 Art. 2
04
EU warehouse = no charges
Goods already cleared and stored in an EU warehouse are not imported at delivery.
Legal basis: Commission guidance of 5.10.2026, § 4.1
§ 02
Example: one order, two parcels
A customer in Munich orders a hoodie, two phone cases and a yoga mat. Net goods values, without shipping.
| Product | Ships from | HS code | Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oversize hoodie | China | 6110 30 | €33.60 |
| 2 × phone case | China | 3926 90 | €25.19 |
| Yoga mat | EU warehouse (DE) | 9506 91 | €25.20 |
- Parcel from China: 2 item categories, €58.79 (under €150)
- duty €6.00 · fee €4.00
- Parcel from the EU warehouse: no import
- €0.00
Charges for this order: €10.00
§ 03
Duty calculator for one parcel
One parcel from outside the EU to a customer in the EU. Net prices, without shipping.
- Goods value
- €52.00
- Item categories
- 2
- EU duty (€3 per item)
- €6.00
- Handling fee (€2 per item)
- €4.00
Total charges
€10.00
§ 04
Who the plugin is for
Dropshipping from China
Goods go straight from the supplier to your customers – every parcel is cleared at the EU border.
Warehouses in the UK, Switzerland or Turkey
Post-Brexit too: parcels from third countries pay the flat duty and the handling fee.
Mixed product ranges
Some stock sits in an EU warehouse, some ships straight from Asia – the plugin splits the parcels automatically.
§ 05
At checkout or on delivery?
At checkout (DDP)
Duty and fee appear as separate lines in the cart. Your customer pays everything at once – no surprise at the door. Common with IOSS.
On delivery (DAP)
The shop shows clearly what is due on delivery. The carrier collects duty, fee and import VAT – often plus its own service charge.
§ 06
What it looks like
Screenshots from our demo shop: checkout, product data, order – and the Pro features.
§ 07
What the free plugin does
- HS code, country of origin and dispatch country per product and variation
- Reads existing Germanized customs fields; AliExpress imports (ALD) are recognised as shipped from China
- Duty and handling fee as separate checkout fees (DDP) – or a “payable on delivery” notice (DAP)
- Each charge can be switched on or off, VAT set per fee
- Block and classic checkout, HPOS
- Customs data frozen on every order line, calculation stored with the rules version
- CSV export per parcel for your forwarder or IOSS intermediary
- English, German, Polish
EU Customs Pro
Pro- HS/CN code search right in the product (CN 2026, English, German, Polish)
- List of all products without an HS code
- Rules: HS code assigned automatically by product name, category or AliExpress import
- Product identifiers C127/C128/C129 and Y081 in the export
- Monthly report of charges per dispatch country
- ECB customs exchange rate, automatic (penultimate Wednesday, Art. 146 Reg. 2015/2447)
- Automatic rule updates, e.g. the start date of the €2 fee
€19/ month · plus VAT
€22.61 incl. 19% VAT for consumers in Germany
or €190 a year (2 months free)
1 shop · test and staging sites free · Billed monthly, cancel any time to the end of the month
§ 08
Compatibility with popular WooCommerce plugins
We test in the demo shop together with the plugins shops in Germany, Poland and the EU use most. Only what we actually exercised is marked as tested.
| Plugin | Area | Market | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| ALD – AliExpress Dropshipping2.2.5 | Dropshipping | EU | tested |
| Astra4.14.1 | Theme | EU | tested |
| CJDropshipping1.0.0 | Dropshipping | EU | tested |
| Complianz7.5.6 | Cookie banner | EU | tested |
| CTX Feed8.0.37 | Marketing & SEO | EU | tested |
| Flexible PDF Invoices (WP Desk)7.0.0 | Invoices | PL | tested |
| Flexible Shipping6.13.3 | Shipping | PL | tested |
| Furgonetka1.9.9 | Shipping | PL | tested |
| Germanized for WooCommerce4.1.5 | Legal compliance | DE | tested |
| InPost (Paczkomaty)1.9.9 | Shipping | PL | tested |
| MailPoet5.42.0 | Marketing & SEO | EU | tested |
| Packlink PRO4.4.4 | Shipping | EU | tested |
| PayU2.11.0 | Payments | PL | tested |
| PDF Invoices & Packing Slips5.16.4 | Invoices | EU | tested |
| Polylang3.9.0 | Multilingual | EU | tested |
| Real Cookie Banner5.4.0 | Cookie banner | DE | tested |
| Sendcloud1.0.39 | Shipping | DE | tested |
| shipcloud2.0.5 | Shipping | DE | tested |
| Subscriptions for WooCommerce (WP Swings)2.1.0 | Subscriptions | EU | tested |
| TranslatePress3.3.8 | Multilingual | EU | tested |
| WooCommerce Shipping2.4.3 | Shipping | EU | tested |
| YITH WooCommerce Subscription4.22.0 | Subscriptions | EU | tested |
| Yoast SEO28.7 | Marketing & SEO | EU | tested |
| CURCY Multi Currency2.2.19Converted correctly with Pro (ECB customs rate). Per-currency rates in the free version follow in the next update. | Currencies | EU | tested, with a note |
| Klarna for WooCommerce4.13.4The duty is passed to Klarna as a surcharge line; the total matches. | Payments | DE | tested, with a note |
| Mollie Payments8.1.11Tested without credentials: duty correct in the cart and in the order total. | Payments | DE | tested, with a note |
| BaseLinker | Order management | PL | should work – not tested yet |
| Borlabs Cookie | Cookie banner | DE | should work – not tested yet |
| Fakturownia | Invoices | PL | should work – not tested yet |
| German Market | Legal compliance | DE | should work – not tested yet |
| inFakt | Invoices | PL | should work – not tested yet |
| lexoffice / Lexware Office | Invoices | DE | should work – not tested yet |
| PayPal Payments | Payments | EU | should work – not tested yet |
| Przelewy24 | Payments | PL | should work – not tested yet |
| Stripe for WooCommerce | Payments | EU | should work – not tested yet |
| WooCommerce Subscriptions | Subscriptions | EU | should work – not tested yet |
| WooPayments | Payments | EU | should work – not tested yet |
| WPML | Multilingual | EU | should work – not tested yet |
Tests as of: October 19, 2026
§ 09
Set up in five minutes
- 1
Install and activate the plugin
- 2
Choose the default dispatch country – usually China for dropshipping
- 3
Add HS codes: in the product, by CSV import or from Germanized
- 4
Choose the mode: at checkout (DDP) or on delivery (DAP)
- 5
Place a test order and check the customs data on the order
§ 10
Frequently asked questions
01When does the €2 handling fee start?
On the 10th day after the delegated regulation is published in the Official Journal. The Commission expects 1 November 2026. The date is a setting in the plugin.
02What about products without an HS code?
Each one counts as its own item – the safe side, because customs does not group different goods.
03Do I charge VAT on the fees?
By default the duty is charged without VAT and the handling fee with VAT, following Commission documents of 16.6. and 5.10.2026, which do not fully agree. Both are settings; check with your tax adviser.
04Does it work with Germanized?
Yes. HS code and country of manufacture are taken from Germanized, and the fees follow the plugin’s VAT settings instead of Germanized’s proportional fee taxation.