A planned EU tax on small parcels will not stem the flood of cheap Chinese goods entering the bloc, a senior official has warned.
一位高级官员警告称，欧盟计划中的对小包裹征税并不能阻止大量廉价中国商品涌入欧盟。
The spectacular growth of ecommerce companies such as Shein and Temu has swamped EU customs authorities that need to check whether the billions of parcels arriving into the bloc each year respect European safety standards and pay the right import duties.
Shein和Temu等电商公司的迅猛发展，令欧盟海关当局不堪重负。每年数十亿个包裹涌入欧盟，海关需要检查这些包裹是否符合欧洲安全标准并缴纳正确的进口关税。
But Brussels’ plan to abolish the “de minimis” rule, which allows goods valued under €150 to avoid customs duties, would probably have little effect on reducing the number of low-value packages entering the bloc, warned Kristian Vanderwaeren, Belgium’s top customs official.
但比利时海关最高官员克里斯蒂安•范德瓦伦(Kristian Vanderwaeren)警告说，布鲁塞尔方面计划取消“小额豁免”(de minimis)规则——该规则允许价值低于150欧元的商品免征关税——可能对减少进入欧盟的低价值包裹数量收效甚微。