Temu tariffs in 2026: US de minimis, EU duties and checkout costs
A customs rule does not give you a universal Temu price increase. The item, origin, destination, import date and shipping route all matter. Use the final checkout total to compare a purchase, and use official customs sources to understand the legal charge.
The US dates we can document
CBP records the suspension of duty-free de minimis treatment for China and Hong Kong from 2 May 2025. It records the global suspension from 29 August 2025. The former $800 threshold therefore does not establish duty-free eligibility for an ordinary covered low-value import.
CBP also confirmed continued suspension in its bulletin of 23 February 2026, effective 24 February. That bulletin discusses separate temporary surcharge rules. It does not justify carrying a February surcharge percentage forward as an October rate.
That change does not mean every product carries the same tariff. Classification, origin and the rules applicable on the entry date determine the charge. We have removed the earlier unsupported 25–60% estimate and vague “February 2026 expansion” from this guide. Do not treat an old social-media checkout screenshot as today's official rate.
A seller can collect estimated import costs at checkout, include them in the price or use a different fulfilment arrangement. Check what the order says about included duties and who handles import clearance. CBP's dated notice documents the policy change; it is not a live tariff quote for a particular product.
Local warehouses and price comparisons
Domestic dispatch can avoid a new cross-border import by you. It does not make the goods' earlier import free of duties: the seller may have included those costs in its price. A “local warehouse” badge is therefore useful shipping information, not proof of a tariff-free supply chain or guaranteed lowest price.
Compare the delivered total, delivery estimate and return costs with a domestic retailer. We cannot attribute every price increase to tariffs: seller pricing, promotions and shipping costs can also change.
EU shoppers follow a different rule
The EU interim €3 customs duty began on 1 July 2026 for qualifying consignments up to €150. The Council explains it by tariff categories inside a parcel, not a flat €3 per parcel or automatically per physical unit. Above €150, normal customs treatment matters. The separate import VAT reform dates to July 2021.
The planned 2028 customs-data-hub transition will replace the interim scheme with normal tariffs; the Council allows for an extension. Our EU customs guide explains the scope and the Council's blouse example. US tariffs are not an extra layer that EU shoppers automatically owe.
Credit offers: keep two totals
Record what you pay and what the promotion counts as eligible spend. For an illustrative €20 product order plus €8 of fees, an €8 reward equals 28.6% of the €28 cash outlay, not 40%. It remains shopping credit, not money returned to your bank account.
Do not assume a fee counts toward a reward target, a local-warehouse item qualifies, or two promotions combine. Check those conditions in the offer itself. The 5,400 Kč case shows why the reward headline alone is not enough.
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 tariffs in 2026: US de minimis, EU duties and checkout costs. claim.credit. https://claim.credit/tariffs-2026
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