EU Customs Reform (EUCR) and EU Deforestation Regulation (EUDR)
On November 1. 2026 the European Union will require that any shipment that is Business to Consumer B2C entering any EU member country have a PID “Product ID” for each product line item of the commercial invoice and that this PID be transmitted electronically along with the line-item information. Shipments that lack the PID will be held for a short time for the shipper to provide the missing PID. If the missing PID is not provided timely the shipment will be returned to origin.
PSCSHIP has been upgraded to support the PID requirement and is ready to use. Shippers sending B2C shipments to the EU should begin using the PID fields immediately.
How to use the PID fields in PSCSHIP.
The easiest and most common PID is the SKU#. This is a number created by the B2C seller for use in their online store. The second easiest is the Model number. The third requires that you look up your product on the EU listing of Standardized Product IDs.
Product Example
Adding the PID to Saved Commodities in Settings
EU Handling Fee
The European Commission is implementing a €2 customs handling fee, charged per customs import declaration line item, for B2C shipments entering the EU. This new fee is in addition to the €3 duty per item line that has been in place for B2C shipments below €150 since July 2026.
You can learn more at the links below.
Non-Document Shipments
Beginning January 4th, 2023, the European Union requires any non-document shipment going to or that may transit through the EU to have the commercial invoice line-item details be transmitted to customs electronically.
To ensure all shipments processed with Preferred Shipping meet this requirement, PSCSHIP will require customers to provide the following:
- HTS Code
- Specific description of contents
- The commercial/proforma invoice line-item data info for all non-document shipments, regardless of if they use our paperless commercial invoice, our print commercial invoice or their own commercial invoice
The capture of this data will allow DHL to provide the commercial invoice line-item data electronically to customs authorities and ensure compliance when making the import entry with customs.
This change is a customs requirement, and ALL carriers must comply not just DHL Express.
The EU is the first group of countries that are requiring the commercial invoice line-item commodity data electronically. Many additional countries are planning to follow soon after.
Here are several helpful links:
HTS Code Search Engine: https://hts.usitc.gov/
EU’s ICS2 site: https://taxation-customs.ec.europa.eu/customs-4/customs-security/import-control-system-2-ics2-0_en
