Importing to Portugal
Customs duty, VAT, and import regulations, updated 2026
Key facts at a glance
The low value rule
None, flat charge per item instead. Nothing: the relief was abolished.
Source: Council Regulation (EU) 2026/382, Article 1 and Article 2. Compare every market →
Low value consignments: €3.00 per item
Since 1 July 2026 a consignment reaching Portugal through a distance sale with an intrinsic value at or under €150 carries a flat €3.00 of customs duty for each distinct tariff classification in it, instead of the percentage rate for the commodity code. It is set by Council Regulation (EU) 2026/382, Article 2 and it expires 1 July 2028. Verified 2 September 2026. What it costs per parcel → Not the proposed handling fee →
What this site prices into Portugal
This site holds 106 duty rows for Portugal, read from its own tariff schedule, and they run from 0% to 17%. 39 of them carry no duty at all. A further 13 codes are charged per unit rather than on value, so no percentage prices them and this guide does not try.
For comparison, the simple average MFN rate across all products is 4.3% on the 2026 profile. That is the figure the calculator falls back to where this site holds no row for the code you asked about. Source: WTO Tariff and Trade Data, European Union member profile: simple average MFN applied 2026, all products. Portugal applies the EU Common Customs Tariff.
The 23 percent rate is mainland Portugal. Madeira and the Azores apply lower regional rates.
A worked shipment into Portugal
210111, instant coffee and coffee extracts, invoiced at EUR 2,000.00 and shipped to Portugal. Duty at 9%.
| Goods | EUR 2,000.00 |
| Freight | EUR 120.00 |
| Insurance | EUR 30.00 |
| Customs duty | EUR 193.50 |
| Import tax at 23% | EUR 539.01 |
| Landed cost | EUR 2,882.51 |
Priced with the same function the duty calculator answers with, so this total is reproducible. See the full table for 210111 →
What this site does not price into Portugal
20 of the codes this site carries have no Portugal figure, and each says so on its own page rather than showing an estimate. The reasons, from the verification registry:
- 12 because the schedule splits the subheading into lines that do not share one rate.
- 8 because neither official reading completed.
420212, 420219, 420222, 420232, 420292, 611241, 640399, 640520 and 12 more.
Selling into Portugal rather than buying?
The same tariff, the same shipment, and the five questions a seller has instead of a buyer's. The exporter's guide to Portugal →
2026 tariff update
EU countervailing duties of 7.8% to 35.3% apply to Chinese built electric vehicles, and trade defence measures apply to Chinese solar products. The EU-UK TCA provides 0% on qualifying UK goods.
Source: Autoridade Tributária e Aduaneira (AT). Last verified 2 September 2026 (2026-09-02).
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Restricted and prohibited goods
CITES-protected species, food without EU phytosanitary certificate, counterfeit goods, illegal drugs
What to re-check first
Each claim on this page was checked against a published source on 2 September 2026. These are the items most likely to have moved since.
The €3 per item charge is temporary and legislated to run to 1 July 2028. It is counted per tariff classification in the consignment, not per unit shipped.
The H1 dataset replaced the DAU for imports on 14 October 2025. Guidance written before that date describes a form that no longer exists.
The 23% standard and the 13% and 6% reduced rates are set nationally and move at budget time, independently of the EU customs position.
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