About 12 million packages from online platforms arrive at EU borders daily.
Industry & EmploymentEuropean Union
- Omissions
- The MEP did not specify that the 12 million figure refers specifically to low-value consignments (goods with a value not exceeding €150), as stated by the European Commission. Packages from online platforms valued above €150 are not included in this count.
- The underlying data is from 2024 (referenced as 'last year' in the Commission's 2025 press release). More recent full-year data was not yet available when the claim was made in May 2026.
- The figure covers all low-value consignments entering the EU market, which are overwhelmingly but not exclusively from online platforms.
- Sources
- PrimaryEuropean CommissionLast year, around 4.6 billion low-value consignments, i.e. goods with a value not exceeding €150, entered the EU market equalling to 12 million per day.
- SecondaryEuropean ParliamentThis equals to 12 million parcels per day. The number of low-value shipments was 2.3 billion in 2023 and 1.4 billion in 2022.