Explainer: How the EU's new import charge has hit Shein's sales and helped others

Shein packages piled up

Source: Alamy/Abaca Press

Retailers have called for a similar charge to be brought in for the UK, where parcels under £135 remain exempt from customs duties until reforms take place.

 

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