A price on amazon.com or amazon.co.uk is not the price at your door in the EU. Shipping, import VAT, duty and – if you pay in euro – Amazon’s exchange fee come on top. The panel works it out for you.
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Click the price in the US row: item, shipping and import fees in detail. The UK shows “excl. import VAT & duty”.
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If amazon.co.uk ships from Britain to you in the EU, that is an export from the UK and an import for you: at checkout Amazon takes the UK VAT out of the price, and your country’s import VAT and usually duty come on top. Amazon often doesn’t clear customs here itself – so the UK shows “excl. import VAT & duty” and never counts as the best price.
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Where Amazon states import fees itself, the panel uses them. Otherwise it estimates by the rules below and marks the price “~” – like every converted amount. What is still open is shown, such as “excl. VAT”. The amount at checkout applies.
Within the EU
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A price with duty or tax still open never counts as the best. So the top shows a way without surprises at checkout – between EU countries there is neither duty nor import VAT. Whether the store delivers to you, the van shows.
Example
headphones from amazon.com to Germany
Item
$79.99 ≈ €68.37
Shipping
$16.47 ≈ €14.08
Duty (value up to €150)
€3.00
Import VAT 19% on €85.45
€16.24
Exchange fee 1.75%
€1.78
Total at your door
~ €103.47
€68 on the page becomes about €103 at your door – a good 50% more.
Example with an assumed rate of €1 = $1.17. The amount at Amazon’s checkout applies.
As of: 4 October 2026 – the extension’s rules, checked at Amazon checkouts and against EU law
What comes on top
What counts is where the parcel ships from – not the store’s domain. Goods sent from outside the EU into the EU are an import; a store shipping from a warehouse in the EU is not.
Shipping: Amazon states it on the page or at checkout.
Import VAT: your country’s rate, e.g. 19% in Germany (7% for books) – since July 2021 on every parcel sent to you from outside the EU, however cheap.
Duty up to €150 value: since 1 July 2026 as a rule a flat €3 per kind of goods in the parcel. The rule applies until 1 July 2028.
Exception: goods originating in a country with a trade agreement (such as the UK), or industrial goods from Turkey (customs union with the EU), can stay duty-free if the seller proves the origin and declares the parcel accordingly. Import VAT still applies.
Duty above €150: by the goods’ tariff. Import VAT is then charged on goods, shipping and duty.
Exchange fee: if you pay in euro, Amazon converts – with a 1.75% mark-up at the checkouts checked.
For many items Amazon collects the import charges at checkout and handles customs – then nothing more is due at the door. Where Amazon does not, you pay on delivery, often plus a carrier fee. The panel shows you which case applies.
The UK since Brexit
If amazon.co.uk ships from Britain into the EU, it is an export: at checkout Amazon takes the UK VAT out of the page price, and your country’s import VAT and – depending on where the goods originate – duty come on top. That is why the UK shows “excl. import VAT & duty” in the panel – if you want, the list shows the estimate as the price.
What the panel does
Amazon’s own import figures where the page states them
Otherwise an estimate by the rules above – marked “~”
Open costs are shown, such as “excl. import VAT & duty”
Such prices never count as the best price
UK: the British VAT taken out for the estimate
Quickquestions.
Do I always pay tax on orders from the US?
If the parcel comes from the US to you in the EU: yes. Import VAT has applied to every such parcel since July 2021. Up to €150 value, as a rule a flat €3 duty per kind of goods has been added since July 2026; above that, duty by tariff. If the seller ships from a warehouse in the EU, it is not an import.
Why is the price marked “~”?
It is converted or estimated. Rates change all the time, and some charges are only fixed at checkout.
Does this apply within the EU?
No. There is no duty between EU countries – a buy on amazon.fr or amazon.it costs you only the price and shipping.
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