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EU orders cost check

Ship each order in, or hold stock in the EU?

Since 1 July, every parcel into the EU carries duty from the first euro. See your real cost per order both ways, whether you sell into the EU today or you are planning your move.

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Cost per order
Ship each order internationally0
Hold stock in the EU0
0a year potential savings
Estimate from your inputs. Not a quote.

How this works

1

Input your numbers

Your orders a month, order value and what you ship. Defaults come from published rates, and you can change any of them.

2

See your cost per order

Shipping each order in from abroad, versus holding stock in the EU. Duty, freight, storage and returns, all counted.

3

Get your real number and ROI

On a quick call we run it on your actual product codes and top sellers, so the figure is yours, not an average.

Your cost per order, both ways

Your setup
Enter what you ship today. We will show what 1 July now costs you, and the EU-stock alternative.
2,000
20020,000
€60
lowhigh
1.5 kg
0.2 kg15 kg
At your numbers
Holding EU stock wins
About €0 less per order.
New duty since 1 July
€0 of the cross-border cost

Holding EU stock clears duty once on the bulk import, so you avoid it per parcel.

Margin per order
0%

Every figure is an estimate from your inputs and published rates, not a quote. Your real duty depends on your exact product codes. Confirmed on a call against your own numbers.
Assumptions, every figure is editable ›

These are defaults from published rates (sources in the footer), set from your category and origin. Change any of them and the numbers above update. Duty is charged on customs value (landed cost), not your retail price, which is why it is lower than the headline rate.

Ship each order in, baseinternational parcel, first kg, from your origin
EUR
...plus each extra kgweight above 1 kg
EUR
Product types per parceldrives the €3-per-type duty
x
National handling feeFrance, Italy, Romania average, per parcel
EUR
Customs clearance per parcelbroker or carrier disbursement
EUR
EU import duty rateon customs value, set by category
%
Customs value vs retaillanded cost as a share of order value
%
Bulk-in freight per unitcontainer in, spread per unit
EUR
Storage per pallet, per weekbonded EU warehouse
EUR
Weeks of stock you holdaverage time a unit sits, set by category
wk
Units per pallethow the goods stack, set by category
Pick, pack & local shipEU handling plus intra-EU parcel
EUR
Inventory carrying costcapital tied up, per year
%
Return rateset by category
%
Return cost, cross-borderper returned order
EUR
Return cost, from EU stockper returned order
EUR
What EU stock unlocks

Lower cost is only part of it. EU-local stock is what lets you grow

€0
A year in sales you are likely leaving to stockouts, at ~4% of revenue. Local stock is how brands stop that.
Corsten & Gruen; IHL Group
€0
Extra revenue a year if faster EU-local delivery lifts your conversion by the amount below. Illustrative, not a promise.
Baymard: slow delivery is a top-3 abandonment reason
0%
Why the model flipped

The cheap way in got expensive, the reliable way got cheaper

Since 1 July, every parcel you ship into the EU carries duty from the first euro. Hold stock in the EU instead and you clear duty once, ship local in days, and stop bleeding per-parcel. That is what Kennis has run out of Rotterdam-Antwerp since 1926: importer of record, EU VAT, one partner.

€3 / item
New EU duty per product type on every cross-border parcel, until standard tariffs return in 2028.
EU Council Reg. 2026/382, live 1 July 2026
2 to 5 days
EU-local delivery from Dutch stock, versus weeks on cheap cross-border post.
Carrier transit benchmarks
1 partner
Bonded warehouse, importer of record, EU VAT, pick, pack and pan-EU delivery under one roof.
Kennis Transport & Logistics
The last step

What would this look like on your actual top sellers?

Everything above runs on standard rates and one average parcel. Your real position depends on your product codes, your weights, and where your orders land. On a quick call, Rakesh rebuilds it on your top sellers, so you get your real landed cost and the EU lanes worth opening first.

Rakesh Badal
Rakesh Badal
Head of Business Development, Kennis Transport & Logistics
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