Italy has postponed its EUR 2 handling fee on low-value imports by a further three months, delaying the start date from 1 July 2026 to 1 October 2026.
Italy’s Council of Ministers has postponed the EUR 2 administrative handling fee on imports below EUR 150 by a further three months.
The decision was approved at the Council of Ministers’ meeting on 22 June 2026. The fee, which applies to low-value imports under EUR 150, had already been delayed once before, with implementation previously set for 1 July 2026.
It will now take effect from 1 October 2026, following the latest three-month extension through 30 September 2026.
Earlier, at the ECOFIN meeting in Brussels on 12 December 2025, EU finance ministers agreed to end the customs duty exemption for e-commerce parcels valued under EUR 150, replacing it with a fixed EUR 3 import duty per package. Italyโs Economy Minister Giancarlo Giorgetti said on 29 January 2026 that the government had decided to align its levy on low-value packages with the EUR 3 EU duty.