The contribution on low-value postal packages, set at 2 euros for each shipment, is expected to garner 122.5 million euros next year and 245 million in both 2027 and 2028, according to parliamentary documents seen by Reuters.
With this move, which is in line with a proposal being discussed at European Union level, Italy targets online platforms such as Shein and Temu and aims to protect its fashion industry from low-cost foreign imports mostly from China.
EU customs authorities handled around 4.6 billion low-value packages bought online in 2024, 91% of them coming from China and double the 2023 figure, latest data shows.
The government also intends to increase Italy’s tax weighing on the transfer of shares and other financial instruments to 0.4% from a current 0.2%, in a move that should yield an additional 337 million euros from next year.
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Why do these news always talk about shein and temu but never about aliexpress or amazon? Is it because they have EU headquarters? Because if that’s what Shein and Temu would only have to open a headquarters to bypass those regulations
Maybe those are only examples or because they are mainly used for fashion unlike amazon and aliexpress, thought it would still be stupid because they do sell clothes - well we are talking about Italy so i am not surprised by stupid moves
In the news that I have seen about similar topics at the European level, these examples are also used, and it is true that Amazon and Aliexpress are not used as much for clothing, but I also think that they are bigger than Temu or Shein so I don’t know, I have a doubt.
First of all, those platforms are specialized in selling crap that doesn’t even respect EU and Italy’s regulations and, second, you are misinformed since recently there was an article about an investigations on Amazon on the same kind of crap sold there.
ok, thanks for the info, I really thought it was more of an issue of protectionism and defense of European competition than consumer protection, but I may be misinformed, thanks
I meant that those two in particular are specialized in selling crap that not only harms competition, but also doesn’t respect regulations.
Same goes for the Amazon investigation.
Also regulations are a matter of consumer protection too since EU and, even more, Italy have higher standards for quality and stricter laws regarding potentially harmful materials.
As I’ve seen it, in a lot of places in Europe, Shein an Temu are much more accessible.
My mom would never order from AliExpress, she uses Temu all the time.
really? Here in Spain they don’t have anywhere near the implementation of Aliexpress, especially Temu, they sell, of course, a lot, but less than the other, it is interesting to know that in other areas of Europe that changes
My experience is from the opposite geographical extreme of the EU.
We don’t even get Amazon by the way.