Mission

Over the past two decades, booming e-commerce trade, coupled with import VAT exemptions for e-commerce goods valued at 22 EUR or below, have resulted in billions of euros being lost to EU Member States which in turn has also led to the undervaluation of imported goods, poor data accuracy and even worsened security.

To tackle the above-mentioned concerns and to establish a level playing field between EU and non-EU merchants, the European Council decided to act and modernize regulations regarding how e-commerce trade was to be conducted with the bloc.

The European Commission has thus proposed a new VAT e-commerce package which aims at (1) ensuring that VAT on imported low-value e-commerce goods is paid correctly by non-EU e-sellers to the EU Member State of destination and at (2) simplifying declaration and payment of VAT on distance sales. These simplified, newly proposed VAT declaration and collection schemes should ensure that e-commerce goods will benefit from VAT exemption upon importation, allowing a fast release of imported goods at EU national customs.

The new VAT e-commerce package and law comes into effect on 01.07.2021. 

Feeport has developed a software platform – X7trade – which enables non-EU businesses like e-retailers, marketplaces, consolidators, and logistics service providers to meet new regulatory requirements and declare e-commerce goods destined for the EU end consumers in a secure and efficient manner. 

We have developed strong communication channels with multiple EU Member State Customs Development teams. As of September 2022, X7trade platform is connected to the following EU member states´ import customs IT systems:

DECO, The NETHERLANDS

ICISNET, GREECE

E-CUSTOMS, HUNGARY

UTU, FINLAND

IMPULSS, X-road, ESTONIA

MDAS, LITHUANIA

EDS, LATVIA

Eventually, we want our platform – x7trade – to be connected to all 27 EU Member States import customs IT systems.