More than 70% of low-value goods imported into the EU are not produced in accordance with EU rules.

Omissions

• The claim inflates the official figure: the European Commission's most recent statement (8 June 2026, reporting 2025 inspections) puts non-compliance at 'over 60%', not 'more than 70%'.
• The official figure refers to products that were actually checked/inspected in the EU-wide 2025 coordinated controls, not to all low-value imports entering the EU.
• The measured non-compliance concerns product-safety and consumer-protection standards (missing labels, forbidden ingredients, absent safety documentation), which is narrower than the claim's broad phrase 'not produced in accordance with EU rules'.

Sources

• PrimaryEuropean Commission — Directorate-General for Taxation and Customs UnionTargeted inspections carried out across the EU 27 throughout 2025 in cosmetics, personal protective equipment (PPE), food supplements, toys, and electronics revealed alarming non-compliance: 'over 60% of checked products failed EU standards due to missing labels, forbidden ingredients, or absent safety documentation.'
• SecondaryAvalara (EU customs blog)EU-wide inspections carried out across all 27 member states in 2025 — covering cosmetics, personal protective equipment, food supplements, toys, and electronics — found that 'over 60% of checked low-value imported products failed EU safety standards due to missing labels, forbidden ingredients, or absent safety documentation.'