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Country guide · France

AliExpress Orders to Paris and France: TVA, the €3 Duty and Where Parcels End Up

Checked · the AliExpress Spreadsheet editors

Straight answer

French buyers pay TVA at 20% on AliExpress orders up to €150 when they check out, collected by AliExpress under the EU's IOSS scheme. Since July 1, 2026 each of those parcels also carries a flat €3 duty per item category. Tracked AliExpress lines take roughly 12–20 business days to France by one tracker's count, and the last leg is usually La Poste or Colissimo, with many parcels ending at a relay point rather than your door. Two items from the same store in one parcel pay the duty once; the same two from different stores pay it twice — which is where an agent box can come out ahead.

20%TVA at checkout
€3per category, per parcel
€150IOSS ceiling
12–20business days, tracked post

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TVA and the €3 duty on an AliExpress order to France

France applies the common EU rules. The seller side of AliExpress collects TVA on low-value parcels, and customs adds the flat duty introduced in 2026:

What an AliExpress parcel to France owes
Parcel valueTVA (20%)Customs dutyPaid
Up to €150Collected by AliExpress (IOSS)€3 per item categoryUsually at checkout
Over €150Import TVATariff rate by productTo La Poste or the courier, before delivery

Sources: European Commission (IOSS); Council of the EU, December 12, 2025.

Over €150, the parcel goes through full customs clearance. La Poste or the express courier will ask for the TVA, any duty and its own handling fee before handing it over; the tracker quoted below adds that this can cost two to five extra days. Keeping each order under €150 avoids both the fee and the wait.

Verdict: Under €150 per order, the checkout total is what you pay. Above it, budget for a clearance fee and a few days.

Delivery in Paris: carriers, relay points and timing

Typical AliExpress delivery times to France
MethodBusiness daysLast mile
Standard shipping18–38La Poste
Tracked postal / AliExpress Standard12–20La Poste / Colissimo, or a relay-point network
Express (DHL, FedEx)6–12The express courier

Delivery times from AliShopping Tools' 2026 country guide.

In Paris, many AliExpress parcels never reach the door. If nobody answers, La Poste leaves an avis de passage and holds the parcel at a bureau de poste or partner shop; on some lines the parcel is sent straight to a point relais. Collection windows are limited, often around two weeks, after which the parcel goes back — and a returned parcel is hard to recover through a dispute. Check the tracking page once the parcel reaches France and note where it's being held.

For protection, the date that counts is the guaranteed delivery date on the order page. If a parcel is marked delivered to a relay you never received a notice for, open a dispute within the window and include the tracking screenshot. Items that arrive but don't match the listing can be claimed within 15 days.

One Paris haul, two routes

Six items from three AliExpress stores, two from each, €20 apiece: three parcels, each one category. Bought on Taobao and Weidian through an agent, the same six cost about €84, plus around €28 in freight and fees, in one box with 2 categories:

Six items to Paris, both routes
AliExpress, one parcel per storeAgent, one combined box
Goods€120.00€84.00
Shipping and agent fees€0.00€28.00
Customs duty€9.00€6.00
VAT / GST€25.80€23.60
Landed total€154.80€141.60
Parcels through customs31

Computed on this page: €3 × categories × parcels, then 20% TVA on goods, shipping and duty.

The agent route saves about €13.20 in this case. The saving comes mostly from the lower Chinese domestic prices, with a smaller part from paying duty on one parcel instead of three. It shrinks for smaller orders and disappears if something needs returning, since AliExpress offers free returns within 15 days on eligible items and an agent can't once the box has shipped.

Ordering from AliExpress to France: practical points

  • Write your address the French way — number, street, then code postal and Paris with the arrondissement (75011 and so on) — and add the digicode or building name in the second line.
  • Use your real name as it appears on ID; relay points ask for it at collection.
  • Keep items from one store in one order to limit parcels and duty events.
  • Convert sizes first. French shoe sizes are EU sizes; clothing labels like 170/88A aren't — the size converter decodes them.
  • Know the exclusions: underwear, socks, food, batteries, customised items and anything AliExpress prohibits can't be returned free.

France has been among the EU members calling for tighter rules on low-value parcels, so further changes are likely. The duty calculator is updated when the EU rules move.

Agents for French buyers, compared

Every working agent here ships to France. Most offer TVA-included lines; compare two quotes for the same box and check that the €3 duty is part of the price.

Agents that ship to France
AgentStatusService feeFree storageTrustpilot
KakoBuyWorkingShown per item; often 0100 days (180 per KakoGuide)4.1/5 · 286
OopbuyWorkingAdvertised as none90 days (commonly cited)score hidden · 894
SuperbuyWorking0% on Taobao, Tmall, JD, 168890 days4.5/5 · 1,030
LitBuyWorking4–10% (unverified)~90 days (unverified)score hidden · 584
HooBuyWorkingNone advertised; 8% in terms90 days3.8/5 · 567
SugargooWorkingDisputed (0% or ~5%)100 days3.5/5 · 643
USFansWorkingDisputed (0% or ~5%)90 days (reported)score hidden · 759
JoyaGooWorking0% (official)90 days4.6/5 · 2,921
CSSBuyWorking6% (3–5% by tier)90 days—
HipoBuyWorkingNot published90 daysscore hidden · 734
BasetaoWorking0–5% (advertised)Up to 180 days (advertised)—
iTaoBuyWorkingNot published90 days (+30, then disposed)—
OrientDigWorkingNone on common platforms90 days (+30 parcel)4.7/5 · 961
RizzitGOWorkingNot published—4.5/5 · 236
VigorBuyWorking2–4% (third-party)—score hidden · 235
MyCNBoxWorkingFlat per order (third-party)90 days (third-party)4.8/5 · 413
LoveGoBuyWorkingVaries by category60 days4.4/5 · 575
GTBuyWorking¥4–8 per order (third-party)180 days (third-party)4.2/5 · 15
HubbuyCNWorking6% (third-party)300 days (official)no reviews yet
BBDBuyWorkingNot published—4.5/5 · 160
OOTDBuyWorkingNot publishedFree, length unpublished4.2/5 · 22

Fees and storage are taken from each agent's own pages where they exist, otherwise from rep.tools, KakoGuide, W2C Spreadsheet or CNBuyPilot (marked third-party). Trustpilot figures were read between Sept 26 and 29, 2026; 'score hidden' means Trustpilot pulled the rating over guideline breaches. A dash means no source we could check.

AliExpress to France: questions

Do I pay TVA on AliExpress orders to France?

Yes, 20%, usually collected by AliExpress at checkout on orders up to €150. Above €150 it's collected at import.

What is the €3 duty on parcels?

Since July 1, 2026 the EU charges €3 per item category on low-value parcels, on top of TVA.

How long does AliExpress take to reach Paris?

About 12–20 business days on tracked lines, 6–12 by express; standard shipping can take several weeks.

Why was my parcel sent to a relay point?

Some lines deliver to a point relais by default, and La Poste holds missed parcels at a post office. Collect within the window or it goes back.

Is an agent cheaper for France?

Often for several items from different shops, because goods are cheaper on Taobao and Weidian and duty is paid on one parcel.

Can I return an AliExpress item from France?

Eligible items have free returns within 15 days.

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Shipping to France: source list and check date

Compiled by the AliExpress Spreadsheet editors and re-read line by line on . AliExpress terms come from its own help and policy pages; agent fees, storage and review counts come from the sources listed below. If two sources give different numbers, both are printed. Product tiles point to repbuysheet.com, and any tile whose lead photo showed a different product from the link was dropped before publishing.