Ahead of the upcoming European Union (EU) De minimis changes expected in July 2026, France has introduced a temporary €2 small parcel tax applicable to low value goods imported from 1 March 2026. No action is required and further information on changes is detailed below.
Calculation update
Postal and courier shipments to France from outside the EU with a CIF value of €150 or less, will now attract a €2 charge per line item.
API
As with other additional taxes and charges, this fee will be included in the additional_tax_and_charges_total.
The US Supreme Court held that the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) does not give the US President authority to impose tariffs. As a result, all tariffs imposed under IEEPA are invalid as of 20 Feb 2026.
A temporary 10% additional tariff on all foreign origin items under Section 122 has been issued, effective 24 Feb 2026.
Note: All non-IEEPA US additional tariffs continue to remain in affect
We’ve updated the HS Lookup result page to makes the duties, additional taxes and compliance messaging easier to comprehend. You’ll now see:
A cleaner breakdown of duties, excise, sales tax and additional taxes and charges
Now, only additional taxes and charges that are relevant to the HS code will be displayed
Clearer import and shipping compliance messaging
Example HS Lookup result
API updates
To support this change, we have made the following updates to our HS Lookup API:
Added three new params to the "attributes", these will be specific_duty_maximum, specific_duty_minimum and specific_duty and each will contain a string value.
Added a new array to the response which contains compliance_and_restrictions and shipping_and_handling_restrictions.
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