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• 12.09.2026 Trade & Markets #EU #Import #E-commerce #Payments #Statistics #Duties
  EU e-commerce VAT collections top €38 billion in 2025, up 17%
  The European Commission reported on 3 September 2026 that sellers declared over 38 billion euros in VAT through the OSS/IOSS schemes in 2025, a 17% year-on-year increase, with the import scheme IOSS growing fastest. Sellers from third countries, including Russia and China, and logistics operators handling EU-bound parcels will need to register for IOSS, price in the 3-euro per-item customs duty applied from 1 July 2026 to consignments up to 150 euros, and prepare for parcels to be charged at standard tariff rates by 2028.
• 03.09.2026 Regulation #Russia #Import #Payments
  Russia reinstates pre-release eco-fee for importers from September 1
  Russian government decree No. 650 of May 30, 2026 reinstated, for participants in the pilot list under decree No. 750, the requirement to pay the environmental disposal fee and submit reporting on the mass of goods and packaging before customs release, effective from September 1, 2026 through September 1, 2027. Importers of clothing, tires and lead-acid batteries on the pilot list need to complete both the fee payment and the mass-reporting upload before the release declaration is registered, starting September 1, 2026.