New rules regulating cross-border e-commerce in EAEU entering into force on Jan 1, 2027 - EEC

MOSCOW. Aug 7 (Interfax) - New regulations for cross-border e-commerce in the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU), which reduce import duties on e-commerce goods to 5% from 15% while maintaining the duty-free threshold at 200 euros, will take effect on January 1, 2027.

The Eurasian Economic Commission (EEC) trade bloc said that the heads of government of the EAEU countries have instructed the new rules to be implemented by this date.

This refers to the previously approved protocol amending the Treaty on the Customs Code of the EAEU regarding the regulation of foreign e-commerce. The document separates goods purchased through foreign e-commerce into a separate category and defines the specifics of regulation, EEC Trade Minister Andrei Slepnev said in the statement.

Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, and Kyrgyzstan, four of the five member countries, have ratified the protocol, the EEC trade bloc specified. The document should enter into force once the EEC has received the final ratification.

A uniform customs duty rate of 5%, but not less than 1 euro per kg, will apply to most e-commerce goods when the changes enter into force, and a duty-free threshold of 200 euros will be valid. The duty rate is currently 15%.