EU customs controls fail to keep pace with e-commerce surge, report shows
By Oscar Pandiello ( July 20, 2026, 13:44 GMT | Insight) -- Surging low-value e-commerce has pushed EU product-control rates to their lowest level since 2022, while wide differences between national authorities expose weak points in the single market, a European Commission report shows. An EU-wide enforcement operation found that more than half of the toys and small electronics checked failed to comply with EU rules.Customs officials in the EU are inspecting a shrinking share of imports as low-value e-commerce traffic overwhelms national market-surveillance authorities, with large differences between member states weakening protection across the single market, a European Commission report shows....
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