The number of low-cost e-commerce parcels received from outside the EU rose sharply again last year, increasing by 26 per cent.
In total, 5.8 billion parcels with a value of up to EUR 150 were imported. This equates to approximately one parcel per EU citizen per month.
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Many companies have diverted deliveries to other EU countries to circumvent the tax. The result: the number of low-value parcels arriving directly in Italy from non-EU countries between 1 and 20 January dropped by 36%. We have already reported on this here.
