Parcel Duty

Duty on ceramic or glass kitchenware

Set the value and the route below. Every line tells you which rule produced it and when that rule took effect.

Declaration

In the parcel

Assessment

You will owe €69.89 to €84.89

Charged on €220.00, goods plus shipping

Sample parcel · type over it for your own figures
Customs duty€11.00

5% of the customs value, which includes what you paid for shipping.

Import VAT€43.89

19% (Germany), charged on the customs value plus the duty above.

Courier clearance fee€15.00 to €30.00

What the courier charges to clear the parcel. This one goes to the carrier, not the state.

Rates as of 2026-09-08

  • Import VAT applies from the first cent. The old €22 relief ended in 2021.
  • A Union-wide customs handling fee starts in November 2026. It is not in force yet, so it is not counted.

Keep the paperwork

This assessment as a one-page PDF: every charge, the rule behind it and the source, ready to show the carrier.

How ceramic or glass kitchenware is charged

Into the EU the same goods pay 5% duty plus the destination country’s VAT. Under €150 the duty is a flat €3 per product category instead.

Not in these figures

  • The courier’s own brokerage fee. DHL, FedEx and UPS each bill their own, and none publishes a rate we could cite.
  • Currency conversion: parcels into the US are calculated in dollars.

Questions people ask

Why is the duty on ceramic or glass kitchenware a range?
Because the published tariff is a range: it depends on material and construction the schedule describes by tariff line, not by name. We show both ends rather than invent a midpoint.
Does marking it as a gift help?
No. US customs assesses the parcel, not the reason it was sent.
Since when?
The forced-labour surcharge took effect on 24 July 2026 and the base schedule is the 2026 edition. Both are linked under every result, with the date they were last checked.

What changed, and when

These rules moved four times in a year. That is why every result above carries the date it was calculated on.

  1. The US $800 duty-free allowance ends

    Low-value parcels stop being exempt. Everything entering the US becomes dutiable, whatever it cost.

  2. The Supreme Court strikes down the IEEPA tariffs

    A temporary Section 122 surcharge of 10% replaces them while a permanent answer is worked out.

  3. The EU drops its €150 exemption

    Parcels under €150 now pay a flat €3 instead of nothing, charged per product category, not per parcel.

  4. Section 122 expires, Section 301 replaces it

    New forced-labour tariffs of 10% or 12.5% cover 60 economies. Unlike the surcharge, this one has no end date. EU goods get a combined 10% ceiling rather than a surcharge on top.

  5. Not in force yet

    A Union-wide customs handling fee starts

    The EU adds its own handling charge on top of whatever the carrier already bills. Not counted in the estimates above.

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