Temu EU customs fees: the €3 rule and your reward calculation
The EU introduced an interim €3 customs duty on qualifying low-value imports on 1 July 2026. For a Temu order, check the shipment route and the checkout breakdown before calculating the value of a credit promotion. The legal customs charge and the fee Temu shows you are different pieces of information.
What changed, and when?
The old €150 customs-duty relief ended on 1 July 2026. The interim €3 scheme covers qualifying consignments with an intrinsic value not exceeding €150, including IOSS imports and relevant postal consignments. Other imports can require the normal tariff treatment. Above €150, do not use the €3 shortcut to predict your duty.
VAT follows separate rules. The EU abolished its €22 import VAT exemption on 1 July 2021. There was no general €150 VAT exemption to abolish in 2026.
The Council describes the interim period as 1 July 2026 to 1 July 2028, with a possible extension. Normal tariffs will replace the interim scheme when the customs data hub operates. Treat 2028 as the planned transition, not the first date on which small imports face customs duties.
€3 per unit, per parcel or per category?
The Council explains the charge through categories identified by tariff subheadings. Its example: one silk blouse and two wool blouses in one parcel produce €6 of duty, because the parcel contains two categories. Three physical garments do not automatically mean €9.
The detailed regulation also defines an “item” through shared classification, description and relevant product identifiers. A shop's product category or the number of tiles in your basket does not settle that classification. Do not assume five similar products, or a split shipment, will always produce one €3 charge.
The interim duty is separate from the proposed EU handling fee. Temu or a carrier may display a service charge, tax or import deposit under its own label; a checkout label alone does not prove its exact legal breakdown.
Count the money you pay, then check eligible spend
Suppose checkout shows €148 of products and €9 of separate import-related charges. You pay €157 before any further charges. If your promotion counts only products, eligible spend stays €148: you still miss a €150 target. This is an illustration, not a verified rule for every Temu promotion.
Read the offer's definition of eligible spend, treatment of fees and reward claim steps. We have not verified a platform-wide rule that excludes every customs charge from every promotion. Save the order total and the offer's credited progress so you can compare them.
For an EU-warehouse dispatch, check whether the goods have already entered EU circulation. You cannot infer a new consumer import charge from a product's Chinese origin alone. Compare the final delivered price with another seller before buying extra goods to meet a reward target.
See the US/EU tariff overview and the 5,400 Kč credit example.
Reviewed against official sources: 1 October 2026
Sources
We organize Temu campaign rules, reader account evidence and dated source material into practical guides. An editorial review is not a guarantee that an offer is available on your account.
Jakub R. (2026). Temu EU customs fees: the €3 rule and your reward calculation. claim.credit. https://claim.credit/eu-customs-fees
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