EU customs law news overview: November 2025

Enrika Naujokė, Director of CustomsClear, presents a monthly round-up of the most relevant EU customs and trade law developments from November 2025, of direct practical relevance to customs and trade compliance professionals.

Topics covered:

• E-commerce: EU plans to abolish the 150-euro duty exemption threshold and introduce a national handling fee on low-value parcels
• Sustainability: postponement and targeted revision of the EU Deforestation Regulation (EUDR), with new application dates by operator size
• Origin: changes to the Generalised System of Preferences (GSP) beneficiary-country list and reinforced GSP rules
• Valuation: the updated 2025 Compendium of Customs Valuation
• Classification: Binding Tariff Information (BTI) decisions ceasing to be valid, new classification regulations, and CJEU case law
• Tariff measures: autonomous duty suspension requests, anti-dumping/countervailing duties, and EU-US tariff implementation
• Trade agreements: digital trade with the Republic of Korea, the EU-South Africa Clean Trade and Investment Partnership, and the Commission's report on the EU's trade agreement network
• EU-UK and agricultural goods: sanitary/phytosanitary simplification, Northern Ireland retail goods controls, the EU-Mercosur agreement, and unfair trading practices in the food supply chain
• Conventions and sanctions: accession developments to the Istanbul Convention and Common Transit Convention, and updates to EU sanctions and dual-use lists
• Technology and AI: the eFTI platform, AI policy developments, and the Digital Omnibus
• Knowledge: the Customs Compliance & Risk Management journal, customs education, and product-safety guidance for e-commerce goods

For a broader overview of the topic, please watch the full recording. The slides are available in the Resources section.

Please note that this summary was generated using AI, based on the recording and available slides.