The €30 duty-free
allowance long applied to individual e-commerce purchases from abroad has been
abolished with the regulation promulgated in the Official Journal. The new
system will come into effect as of February 6, 2026.
Previously, orders
not exceeding €30, including shipping costs, benefited from tax exemption under
simplified customs procedures. Under the new regulation, all overseas
shipments, regardless of order value, will be subject to the standard customs
regime.
In practice, the
date taken as reference is not the date of placing the order but the date the
goods actually enter Türkiye (date of customs clearance procedures).
Accordingly, even if the order was placed earlier, shipments entering Türkiye on
or after February 6, 2026 will no longer benefit from the exemption.
Please
note that this news, originally written in Turkish, has been translated with
the support of AI-based tools and then reviewed and edited by human editors.
Source: https://www.resmigazete.gov.tr/eskiler/2026/01/20260107-3.pdf
