DDP Route Matrix
Which carriers and label platforms really ship Delivered-Duty-Paid to the US from your country — how duties get paid, how to get access as a small shop, and what to avoid. Independently double-checked; every route carries sources and a verification date.
Last verified: 2026-07-16. DDP means you prepay US duties so your buyer owes nothing at the door — required by Etsy for US orders since July 9, 2026 to keep Purchase Protection.
United Kingdom
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| Carrier / service | How duties get paid | How to get access | Cost hint (0.5 kg / $100) | Etsy fit | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Royal Mail (via Etsy) Etsy Shipping Labels — "Royal Mail International Tracked DDP" (3-7 business days) | Prepaid on the label: US duties/fees are calculated and collected at the moment the label is purchased on Etsy ("duties on items are calculated and collected at the point of buying the postage") + a 50p handling fee per parcel. Under the hood — Royal Mail PDDP; Zonos, as a CBP-recognised "qualified party", remits the duties to US customs and bills Royal Mail. The buyer pays nothing on delivery. | Any UK Etsy seller: in the delivery profile add United States and select the "Royal Mail International Tracked DDP" service; the label is bought directly on Etsy (available since ~November 2025, Etsy is the first marketplace with native RM PDDP). No contracts. Full customs data in the order: description, value, country of origin, HS code (the Etsy US tariff calculator suggests HS codes and estimates the duty). | Benchmark: label £29.55 (International Tracked small parcel ≤1 kg, 2026 retail rate; ≤500 g — £23.15; large letter ≤500 g, flat prints — £15.40) + £0.50 handling + US duty (for a UK-origin item ~10% of $100 ≈ $10). Total ~£37–38 all in (parcel ≤1 kg, ~$100). The discounted Etsy Labels rate may differ — check the price in the Etsy UI (not verified 16.07). | Yes, natively built into the Etsy flow (label purchase + automatic tracking). Meets the Etsy DDP requirement in effect from 09.07.2026. | verified 2026-07-16 |
| Evri Evri International — DDP option for the USA (ParcelShop Standard / Priority / Courier Collection; for business — Evri International business with the "Terms of Delivery" property) | Prepaid at booking: "Taxes and duties will be calculated and collected before your parcel leaves the UK" — the sender chooses who pays ("you or the recipient pays"); if DDP is selected, the duties are collected from the sender before export. If payment by the recipient is selected and they do not pay, the parcel is held at the hub for 5 days. For corporate clients, DDP is set by the "Terms of Delivery" configuration at service level. | Retail: the Evri website, no account and no contract — available at any volume. Business: Evri International business account. Evri Standard with DDP is also sold via Parcel2Go (from £9.09). Customs data (description, value, origin); cover limit £20 free (can be topped up to £999 — an indirect practical ceiling on value). | Postage from £10.89-11.59 (250g tracked, USA; 0.5 kg — more expensive on the weight grid) + US duties collected at booking. A separate Evri DDP handling fee is not publicly disclosed (gap). | Partially: the label is bought outside Etsy, tracking is entered manually. Native Evri labels on Etsy for the USA have been suspended since 25.08.2025 (see no_go). | verified 2026-07-15 |
| Parcel2Go (aggregator) DDP options at booking: Evri Standard DDP, FedEx International Connect Plus DDP, UPS Access Point / Express Saver / Express DDP; free Smart Send platform | Prepaid at booking: the built-in Duty Calculator shows the duties/fees at checkout, the sender pays them together with the shipping before dispatch ("customers pay a set price when booking their courier which covers the duties, taxes, and fees"). Parcel2Go acts as the billing intermediary with the couriers. | The retail site parcel2go.com, no contract; Smart Send — a free tool for sellers (imports orders from marketplaces). Available to private individuals and micro-businesses. Customs data at booking; courier prohibited-content rules. | DDP prices (excluding duties): Evri Standard from £9.09; FedEx Int'l Connect Plus from £19.30; UPS Access Point from £20.69 (Smart Send £17.99); UPS Express Saver from £22.69; + duties per the calculator (~10% for UK-origin $100). | Partially: label outside Etsy + manual tracking; Smart Send imports orders (an Etsy integration is claimed by the platform, its depth was not checked). | verified 2026-07-15 |
| DHL Express UK DHL Express Worldwide + the "Duty Tax Paid" (DTP) billing service | Post-shipment billing to the account: DTP is selected when creating the shipment — DHL pays the US duties/taxes on the recipient's behalf and invoices them to the sender + a "Duty Tax Paid" fee: 2% of fiscal charges, minimum £16.00 (Service & Rate Guide 2026 UK). Without a DHL account DTP is not available ("If you don't have a DHL account, it's not possible for you to pay the duties and taxes instead of the receiver"). | Open a free DHL Express business account (online, "no minimum shipping volume", any size of business, automatic discounts of up to ~40%); ship via MyDHL+ selecting DTP. Retail guest shipping paid by card — DDU only. Business account (free); commercial invoice with HS codes and country of origin. | 2026 published rate: GB→US (Zone D) non-docs 0.5 kg = £79.05 + fuel surcharge + DTP fee (min £16) + duties. Substantially lower with account discounts; via brokers (Parcel2Go/Transglobal) DHL-like express services from ~£20-35. | Manually or via integrators (ShipStation/Zenstores etc.); Etsy names express carriers with DDP options as an acceptable way to meet the DDP requirement. | verified 2026-07-15 |
| DHL eCommerce UK (formerly DHL Parcel UK) International Parcel Delivery (tracked economy services) with a DDP/DDU choice at booking | Post-shipment billing to the account: booking via the SHIP platform/API flagged as DDP; "DHL eCommerce UK or their representative will pay import charges upfront to customs and then charge this back to your DHL eCommerce UK business account plus an admin fee"; a separate taxes & duties invoice arrives after a few weeks (up to 6 months). | A DHL eCommerce UK business account (application via the website, sales-driven); there are no public minimum volumes, but the channel is aimed at regular shippers. Business account + full customs data at booking. | Rates are negotiated, not published publicly (gap). | Via SHIP platform/API integrations or manually; there is no native Etsy link. | verified 2026-07-15 |
| Asendia UK (La Poste + Swiss Post) e-PAQ Select / Plus / Elite with the "customs prepaid" (DDP) option | Post-shipment billing to the account: "For DDP, parcels are delivered to your customers and any duty and taxes are invoiced back to you" — Asendia handles the clearance, the duties are invoiced to the seller; e-PAQ Select advertises "Customs paid at destination and customs prepaid options". | An Asendia UK account via sales ("Small businesses can also switch to us within days"); there are no public minimum volumes, but onboarding is contractual, not self-serve. Account + integration with the Asendia Shipping platform; full customs data (HS, origin). | Rates are negotiated, not published publicly (gap). | Via Asendia Shipping integrations; there is no native Etsy link. | verified 2026-07-15 |
| ShipStation (label aggregator) The "Bill Int'l Duties to Payor of Shipping Charges" (DDP) option on top of the carriers that support it | Via carrier billing: a DDP flag when creating the label (can be switched on by default for all international orders or through an automation rule) — the duties are billed to the carrier account of the payer of the freight (works for UPS/FedEx/DHL Express and other carriers with DDP support; "not all carriers or services provide the DDP option"). | A ShipStation UK subscription (from the basic plans) + connecting your own carrier accounts with DDP capability; for the built-in "Evri from ShipStation" there is no confirmation regarding DDP to the USA. Your own carrier accounts for DDP; customs data in the orders. | ShipStation subscription + the rates of your carrier account + the carrier duty-billing fee (see DHL/UPS/FedEx above). | Yes: an official Etsy integration (order import, tracking push) — a convenient way to meet the Etsy DDP requirement through your own carriers. | verified 2026-07-15 |
| Easyship (label aggregator) Prepaid duties (DDP) via DHL Express / FedEx / UPS | Via carrier billing with Easyship as intermediary: when DDP is selected, the duties + the courier's DDP handling fee are included in the bill (per the help centre: DHL Express ~$15, FedEx ~$10, UPS ~$15 for handling + a disbursement percentage of the duty amount); "Most courier services on Easyship do not offer prepaid duty and tax options" — DDP is only available with the express three. | Free Easyship plan (the UK is supported); note: it is not confirmed whether DDP is available on Easyship rates without your own carrier account (see gaps). An Easyship account; for reliable DDP — possibly your own carrier accounts (LYOC). | Courier rate + courier DDP handling fee ($10-15) + disbursement % + duties. | Yes: Easyship has an Etsy integration. | verified 2026-07-15 |
| Royal Mail Postal Delivered Duties Paid (PDDP) — International Tracked DDP and the business codes MPR, MTV, DE6, BYD (also BZU/BZV/BZW/BZX/BYH) via Click & Drop, OBA (International Business) and the Post Office | Retail/Click & Drop/Post Office: the duties are calculated and collected at the moment the postal service is purchased (prepaid) + a 50p handling fee online (at the Post Office sellers reported £1.50). Business (OBA): Royal Mail pays the duties in the USA and invoices them to the customer's account ("Royal Mail will invoice customers for duties we have paid on their behalf"). The rate follows the item's country of origin (IEEPA tariffs); remittance to CBP via Zonos. International Tracked to the USA is now always PDDP ("The International Tracked service to the USA, World Zone 3, is a Postal Delivery Duties Paid service"). ⚠️ Verified correction: The mechanism and access are confirmed: launch 28.08.2025, «first international postal operator» (posteurop.org, 28.08.2025); retail — «Duties on items will be calculated and collected at the point of buying the postage», OBA — «Royal Mail will invoice customers for duties we have paid on their behalf»; 50p online, reports of £1.50 at the Post Office (valueaddedresource.net); «The International Tracked service to the USA, World Zone 3, is a Postal Delivery Duties Paid service» (franking-machine-warehouse.co.uk); Zonos — «a qualified party recognized by CBP… Zonos invoices Royal Mail for the remitted duties» (zonos.com/royal-mail). BUT the detail about the rate is out of date: country-of-origin IEEPA tariffs were in effect until 23.02.2026; after the SCOTUS ruling (20.02.2026), from 24.02.2026 a single 10% under Section 122 of the Trade Act 1974 applies to postal items — «the 10% Section 122 rate replaces the prior IEEPA-based postal rates» (zonos.com/ieepa-tariff-ruling-updates, verified 15.07.2026); Section 122 expires by law on 24.07.2026 — the rate will change again. Also, the route does not state a limit: US PDDP is available only for items with a value of up to $800. The Zenstores list of codes additionally includes BZY. | Retail: Click & Drop (send.royalmail.com) or the Post Office — no contract. Business: a free Royal Mail business account / OBA — the PDDP codes have been added to accounts automatically; shipping via approved shipping solutions (Click & Drop, Zenstores, Dutify, Sendcloud etc.). Launched 28.08.2025 — the first postal operator with US PDDP. Full electronic customs data: exact description, value, country of origin, HS code. The old DDU codes to the USA have been withdrawn (labels have not been generated since 26.08.2025). | £29.55 (International Tracked small parcel ≤1 kg, 2026 retail rate; £15.40 — large letter ≤500 g only) + £0.50 handling + duty (~10% for UK-origin: ~$10 on $100). OBA rates are negotiated (below retail). | Yes: native Etsy Labels (see the separate route) or buying the label in Click & Drop + entering the tracking manually; Click & Drop has an Etsy integration for importing orders. | verified* 2026-07-16 |
| UPS UK UPS payment option "Free domicile" (DDP: freight + duties + taxes to the shipper) on Worldwide Saver/Expedited and others; separately UPS Worldwide Economy DDP (contract-only) | Post-shipment billing to the account: when creating the label select "Debit my account for customs duties and taxes" — a valid 6-digit UPS account number is required; UPS advances the duties and issues an invoice + an advancement fee of ~2.5% (min ~£12.20). Without a payment account (card payment) the duties are forcibly collected from the recipient (DDU). Worldwide Economy DDP — an economy service in which the shipper pays the duties, available only under contract ("available only if you have a contract for this service"). ⚠️ Verified correction: The core is confirmed verbatim: «Debit my account for customs duties and taxes*» / «*A valid UPS six-digit account number»; without that choice — «the customs duties and taxes will be collected from the recipient on delivery» (UPS_Payment_Options.pdf, verified 15.07.2026); WWE — «UPS provides UPS Economy Service on a contract-only basis» (UPS Worldwide Economy T&C UK). BUT the fee is stated incorrectly: «~2.5% (min ~£12.20)» is the Disbursement Fee (advancing import charges; in the 2025 Service Guide GB — 3.0% min £13.60, in the 2026 Services Guide — 2.5% min £12.20). For UK→US with the duties billed to the UK shipper, the «Duty and Tax Forwarding Charge — for international shipments when the payer of duties and taxes is not located in the destination country. GBP 18.75 per shipment, will be billed to the party who pays the shipping charges» applies (2025 Service Guide GB, in effect from 22.12.2024; in the 2026 Services Guide — GBP 19.90). Note: the P2G price «from £17.99» is a Smart Send exclusive (as standard UPS Access Point DDP is from £20.69). Source_url cod-faq.pdf — about import duty/VAT invoices, it does not confirm the DDP fee. | Free registration of a UPS payment account (ups.com) → select billing of the duties to yourself when creating the shipment; WWE — through negotiation with UPS. Alternative without an account: UPS DDP services via Parcel2Go (from £17.99). UPS account number; commercial invoice; for WWE — a contract and (per the T&C) shipping via approved platforms. | Via Parcel2Go: UPS Access Point DDP from £20.69 (£17.99 Smart Send), Express Saver from £22.69 + duties. UPS's own published rates are higher; account discounts are negotiated. Fee for advancing the duties ~2.5% (min £12.20). | Manually/via integrators (ShipStation etc.); Etsy names UPS explicitly in its list of DDP providers. | verified* 2026-07-15 |
| FedEx UK FedEx International Priority / Connect Plus + the "Bill Sender" billing option for duties & taxes | Post-shipment billing to the account: the payer of duties & taxes (shipper/receiver/third party) is selected on the AWB; with "Bill Sender" FedEx pays the duties in the USA and invoices the sender + a Duty and Tax Forwarding Fee — the US advancement fee charged when the duty payer sits outside the destination country: the greater of $15 or 2% at customs value up to $800, $29 or 2% above (since 2026-01-05). The pound figures on FedEx UK are its Disbursement Fee for parcels arriving in Britain and do not apply to a US-bound shipment. By default — receiver. Under the contract of carriage the shipper bears ultimate liability for the duties in any case. ⚠️ Verified correction: The mechanism is confirmed: «Duties and taxes will be charged to the recipient by default, unless the shipper marks the 'Bill Shipper' option on the air waybill»; «as per the contract of carriage with FedEx, the shipper is ultimately liable for any duties and taxes» (fedex.com FAQ, verified 15.07.2026). ⚠️ The 15.07 correction is SUPERSEDED by the 19.07 review ([[fedex-us-duty-fees-2026]]): it substituted the tiered FedEx UK Disbursement Fee (30%/min £10.50; £12.90; 2.5%), which is the fee for parcels arriving IN BRITAIN, paid by a UK recipient. On a US-bound shipment the payer sits outside the destination country, so the Duty and Tax Forwarding Fee applies instead (above). The pound tiers do not apply to this route. «Previously £12.00» is not confirmed (the Zonos blog gives the old scheme «min £10.50 or 2.5%»). Source_url https://www.fedex.com/en-gb/ancillary-clearance-service.html returns a FedEx error page (dead/moved); zonos.com/blog is live, but the rates are out of date. | A free FedEx account (opened online) → select "Bill Sender" for the duties when creating the shipment. Without an account: FedEx International Connect Plus with DDP — via Parcel2Go (from £19.30). FedEx account; commercial invoice with HS/origin. | Via Parcel2Go: FedEx Int'l Connect Plus DDP from £19.30 + duties. Direct published rates are higher (double- to triple-digit £); discounts are negotiated. Duty and Tax Forwarding Fee (the US fee, charged when the duty payer sits outside the destination country): greater of $15 or 2% at customs value up to $800, $29 or 2% above — since 2026-01-05. The pound figures on FedEx UK are its Disbursement Fee for parcels arriving in Britain, a different charge. | Manually/via integrators; Etsy names FedEx in its list of DDP providers. | verified* 2026-07-19 |
| Spring GDS (PostNL Group) — also the PostNL Cross-Border channel from the UK Postal DDP (PDDP) for the USA — clearance and last mile via PostNL + USPS | Prepaid before dispatch: Spring calculates the duty ("item value and country-based IEEPA tariff only") and collects it from the seller before departure; customs clearance via the postal partners PostNL and USPS; the recipient pays nothing. The DDU service to the USA has been closed since 29.08.2025. ⚠️ Verified correction: The service and the mechanism are confirmed (verified 15.07.2026): PDDP was launched in place of DDU, which closed on 29.08.2025; the duty is collected from the seller before dispatch; «Ideal for e-commerce businesses sending at least 100 parcels per month» — the threshold for micro-sellers is confirmed; limits: up to $800 (€680) and 20 kg; last mile — USPS, PostNL partnership (parcelandpostaltechnologyinternational.com). BUT the detail «item value and country-based IEEPA tariff only» is out of date: from 24.02.2026 postal items are charged a single 10% under Section 122 instead of the IEEPA tariffs (zonos.com/ieepa-tariff-ruling-updates); the live Spring page has not updated this text — it should not be reproduced in the guide. | A business account/contract via "Get a quote" on spring-gds.com; the service is positioned for e-commerce from ~100 parcels/month — effectively unavailable to micro-sellers with lower volumes (see no_go). ~100 parcels/month; exact item description, 10-digit HS code, country of origin, value; dangerous goods, food and items with batteries are prohibited. | Prices by individual quote only (not published). | Via Spring's API/integrations; there is no native Etsy link. | verified* 2026-07-15 |
| Sendcloud (label aggregator) Royal Mail PDDP services for customers with their own RM contract (contract activation) | Via Royal Mail PDDP: "Royal Mail pDDP services are available for direct contract shipments to the United States, allowing you to ship with duties and taxes paid in advance" — calculation/collection of the duties follows the RM mechanism (see the Royal Mail route), Sendcloud acts as the interface. ⚠️ Verified correction: The core is confirmed verbatim: «Royal Mail pDDP services are available for direct contract shipments to the United States… ship with duties and taxes paid in advance» (support.sendcloud.com, verified 15.07.2026). BUT «there is a free plan» is misleading for this route: on the Sendcloud Free plan you cannot connect your own carrier contract — «On the Free plan, you can only ship using Sendcloud's rates. To use your own courier contract, sign up for one of the paid plans» (sendcloud.com/pricing, verified 15.07.2026). That is, the route requires a paid Sendcloud plan (from ~€23–35/month) + your own Royal Mail OBA contract. | A Sendcloud account (there is a free plan) + activation of your own Royal Mail business contract (OBA) in Sendcloud. Your own RM contract; full customs data. | The rates of your RM contract + 50p PDDP handling; Sendcloud subscription from £0. | Yes: Sendcloud has an Etsy integration (order import/tracking). | verified* 2026-07-15 |
| Zonos (not a carrier — DDP infrastructure) Zonos Landed Cost / Landed Cost guarantee (+ free Item Quoter and Dashboard Lite) | Hybrid: an exact landed cost calculation at checkout (the buyer prepays), the shipment goes DDP — "duties and taxes are billed to Zonos' carrier account, while shipping charges are billed to your account"; Zonos remits the duties and guarantees the calculation (pays the difference if customs recalculates). Guarantee fee: $2 + 10% of the duties/taxes per order (usually passed on to the buyer). For Royal Mail customers Zonos works in the background free of charge (CBP qualified party). | Three paths: (1) for a UK seller on Royal Mail, Zonos DDP to the USA works automatically and free of charge — «No Zonos subscription or account is required to ship with Royal Mail»; (2) self-serve registration in Dashboard Lite — no monthly fee, pay-per-shipment («billed when you create shipping labels»), free Item Quoter (the free version so far covers the US destination only; limits in the docs are «coming soon», the Royal Mail page announced 5 000 item quotes/month per shop); (3) the full Landed Cost/Checkout with the guarantee — a platform subscription (Dashboard platform fee, rates only through sales) + integration (Shopify/API) and your own DHL/FedEx/UPS carrier accounts. For guarantee-backed DDP: integration + your own carrier accounts (DHL/FedEx; UPS — only with a waiver of the duty & tax forwarding surcharge, otherwise $15 + disbursement fees, $30+/order in total — Zonos itself recommends DHL/FedEx); a catalogue with HS/origin (10 000 classifications/year are included in the platform fee). The US-bound lite path (Dashboard Lite) — without your own carrier accounts: DDP labels at Zonos discount rates, paid as you ship. | $2 + 10% of the duties, taxes and other import charges per order (not of the duties alone; customer-paid — usually the buyer pays at checkout; with zero duty/tax — only $2) on top of the freight; the freight — from your own carrier account or at Zonos discount rates in Dashboard Lite. Extended guarantee option: a further +10% of duty/tax to lock the calculation for up to a year. | Stronger than «no integration»: Etsy's tariff calculator (US estimated tariffs, in beta since June 2026 in the listing form for non-US sellers) runs on Zonos — it suggests the HS code and a tariff estimate for the price; Zonos's own Etsy connector (auto-import of US orders + DDP labels) is announced in Dashboard Lite as «coming soon». There is still no native integration into the Etsy checkout; Item Quoter is free for pricing (so far the US destination only). Relevance has grown: from 09.07.2026 Etsy requires DDP for the USA — without it, no Purchase Protection and the tariffs are charged back to the seller. | verified* 2026-07-16 |
What does NOT work from United Kingdom (10)
- Parcelforce Worldwide — there is currently NO direct DDP to the USA for a micro-seller: since 26.08.2025 the existing Parcelforce services have stopped generating labels to the USA; Royal Mail Group is moving senders to Royal Mail OBA with the PDDP codes BYD/BYH (source: https://help.linnworks.com/support/solutions/articles/7000094987, verified 2026-07-15). Their DTP (Delivered Taxes Paid) service is described for parcels from €150 with billing via overseas partners — that is EU mechanics, there is no public US DDP; parcelforce.com blocks verification (403 Akamai) — the status is confirmed by secondary sources only
- Shippo — there is NO landed cost/DDP of its own: "Shippo itself does not advertise a landed-cost or duty-at-checkout module"; DDP is possible only as a carrier-level feature with your own DHL Express/FedEx/UPS accounts; for the UK, Shippo promoted DPD UK "Pre-Entry DDU" — that is NOT DDP (the buyer pays the duty, albeit before dispatch) (sources: https://goshippo.com/blog/us-de-minimis-exemption-ending-what-brands-need-to-know, https://support.goshippo.com/hc/en-us/articles/41621739649307, verified 2026-07-15)
- DPD UK — no public DDP option to the USA for small senders was found: their US solution in the aggregators is "Pre-Entry DDU" (DPD Direct Lite etc.), where the duties are collected from the recipient before departure, i.e. not DDP by definition (source: https://goshippo.com/blog/us-de-minimis-exemption-ending-what-brands-need-to-know, verified 2026-07-15)
- Landmark Global (bpost) — DDP UK→US exists, but only with contractual onboarding for brands/enterprise ("Get a quote" via sales), there is no self-serve and no public rates — effectively unavailable to a micro-seller with 5-100 parcels/month (source: https://landmarkglobal.com/eu/en/news-insights/shipping-from-the-uk-to-the-us-a-complete-guide-for-e-commerce-brands/, verified 2026-07-15)
- Spring GDS / PostNL Cross-Border for sellers with volumes BELOW ~100 parcels/month — their Postal DDP is stated to be "ideal for e-commerce businesses sending at least 100 parcels per month", i.e. it is unavailable to most micro-sellers (source: https://www.spring-gds.com/en-gb/e-commerce-shipping-to-usa-from-uk/, verified 2026-07-15)
- DHL Express guest shipping (MyDHL+ without an account, paid by card) — DTP IS IMPOSSIBLE: "If you don't have a DHL account, it's not possible for you to pay the duties and taxes instead of the receiver" — without a (free) account, DDU only (source: https://uk.express.dhl.com/faqs/custom-duties-and-taxes/, verified 2026-07-15)
- UPS when paying by card without a UPS payment account — forced DDU: "If you do not make a choice... the customs duties and taxes will be collected from the recipient on delivery"; billing the duties to yourself requires a 6-digit UPS account (source: https://www.ups.com/assets/resources/webcontent/en_GB/UPS_Payment_Options.pdf, verified 2026-07-15); UPS Worldwide Economy (incl. the DDP variant) — contract-only (https://www.ups.com/gb/en/business-solutions/grow-your-business-solutions/expand-internationally/ups-worldwide-economy)
- Etsy Shipping Labels + Evri to the USA — SUSPENDED since 25.08.2025: Etsy disabled the purchase of Evri labels to US addresses and promises reactivation "when they are able to support orders into the US with DDP options"; as at the verification date no confirmation of reactivation was found (source: https://help.etsy.com/hc/en-us/articles/360002035507-Evri-Shipping-Labels-on-Etsy via snippets, verified 2026-07-15)
- The old Royal Mail postal DDU channel (International Standard/Signed and 50+ business DDU codes to the USA) — WITHDRAWN: since 26.08.2025 labels are not generated, the only replacement is PDDP (source: https://www.zenstores.com/help/royal-mail-us-ddp-changes-2025-services-retired-new-options-for-uk-sellers, 2025-08-22)
- The Parcel2Go DDP FAQ (help centre page) describes DDP only for EU destinations via UPS/DPD — DDP to the USA is not arranged through that FAQ but through the main checkout with the Duty Calculator; do not confuse the pages (source: https://www.parcel2go.com/help-centre/parcels/question/international/delivery-duty-paid-ddp-frequently-asked-questions, verified 2026-07-15)
Context verified: the $800 de minimis was abolished by EO 14324 as of 29.08.2025 (CBP: https://www.cbp.gov/sites/default/files/2025-08/factsheet_suspension_of_duty-free_de_minimis_treatment.pdf); the transitional postal regime (flat fee $80-200 / ad valorem) was in effect for 6 months and expired by 28.02.2026 — postal items are now on the general ad valorem rates; from 09.07.2026 Etsy requires DDP for US orders under threat of losing Purchase Protection and having the duties deducted from the seller's balance (announced 09.06.2026; https://www.valueaddedresource.net/etsy-requires-ddp-shipping-us-tariffs/). Practical hierarchy for a UK micro-seller: (1) Etsy Labels with Royal Mail International Tracked DDP — the only fully native path (label £29.55 for a small parcel ≤1 kg (large letter ≤500 g — £15.40) + 50p + the duty at the point of buying the label); (2) Royal Mail Click & Drop/OBA PDDP and Evri DDP — available at retail without contracts; (3) Parcel2Go — the cheapest contract-free access to UPS/FedEx/Evri DDP with the duties paid at checkout; (4) free accounts with DHL Express (DTP 2%/min £16), UPS (Free domicile, ~2.5%/min £12.20), FedEx (Bill Sender — US Duty and Tax Forwarding Fee: the greater of $15 or 2% up to $800 customs value, $29 or 2% above) — post-shipment billing of the duties to the account; (5) consolidators (Spring/PostNL from ~100 parcels/month, Asendia, Landmark, DHL eCommerce UK) — contractual, for the upper end of the micro range. The key difference between the mechanisms: postal PDDP = the duty is prepaid on the label at the moment of purchase (zero cash gap), express DTP = post-shipment billing to the account with a commission of 2-2.5% (min £12-16). Zonos is infrastructure for exact landed cost calculation/guarantee (and the invisible engine of RM PDDP), but not a carrier in its own right. All facts verified 2026-07-15; the indicative duty benchmark for a UK-origin item is 10% IEEPA (≈$10 on $100), for items of other origin the rate is higher — according to the country of manufacture.
Germany
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| Carrier / service | How duties get paid | How to get access | Cost hint (0.5 kg / $100) | Etsy fit | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Deutsche Post DHL (DHL Paket) DHL Paket International + Zusatzservice "Postal Delivered Duty Paid" (PDDP) — mandatory for the USA | After-the-fact billing to a Geschäftskunden account: US duties are calculated via a US «Qualified Party» intermediary and, together with its fees, re-invoiced to the business customer 1:1 (without markup) as a separate line on the DHL invoice; the PDDP service costs €2,00/parcel. The sender must transmit via EDI the 10-digit HTSUS code and the country of origin for each line item; the label carries the PDDP icon + CN23. For the USA, DAP/DDU is impossible — PDDP is mandatory. | DHL Geschäftskunden contract only (concluded online, free of charge), but with a minimum of 200 parcels/year — at a lower volume the contract is automatically terminated under the AGB. Booking via the Post & DHL Geschäftskundenportal or integrated software (Billbee, SimpleSell and others). PDDP is not available to retail/private customers. DHL business customer: ≥200 parcels/year; complete customs data (10-digit HTSUS, country of origin, per-line-item value) | Transport at the individual Geschäftskunden price list (retail benchmark for a comparable product: Päckchen M up to 2 kg to the USA = €22,49, list price 01/2026) + €2,00 PDDP + duties as actually assessed (the product's MFN base rate — 0% for many handmade categories — plus the 10% Section 122 surcharge, i.e. about $10 per $100 on an MFN-free item; the surcharge expires 2026-07-24) + the Qualified Party fee (amount not published). Transit time 6–10 business days | Yes: Etsy orders are processed via Billbee (officially supports PDDP booking for UK/NO/CH/USA) or SimpleSell; tracking is entered into Etsy. DHL has no direct Etsy integration | verified 2026-07-15 |
| DHL Express Germany DHL Express Worldwide + Billing Service "Duty Tax Paid" (DTP) | After-the-fact billing to the sender's Express account: DHL Express handles customs clearance in the USA itself, advances the duties/fees to the local customs authority and bills them to the designated DHL account in the country of dispatch. DTP fee: 2% of the duty amount, minimum €17,00. This is not prepaid on the label — the actual amount arrives on the invoice | Free DHL Express business account (online application, no stated minimum volume; an account manager gets in touch after registration). Guest shipping via MyDHL+ by card is possible, but WITHOUT DTP (duties will fall on the recipient) DHL Express Kundenkonto (business); commercial invoice; correct HS code | Transport at the account rate (individual; the retail ExpressEasy list price for goods of 0,5 kg is €74–114 depending on the zone, but this channel has no DTP) + DTP min €17 + duties (the product's MFN base rate + the 10% Section 122 surcharge — about $10 per $100 on an MFN-free item; the surcharge expires 2026-07-24). Realistically 0,5 kg with an SMB discount: price on request in MyDHL+ | Yes: your own Express contract connects to Sendcloud (official Etsy partner), Shippo, ShipStation, Billbee; or labels manually in MyDHL+ with tracking entered into Etsy. Etsy explicitly names courier DDP as an acceptable method | verified 2026-07-15 |
| UPS Germany UPS Worldwide Saver/Expedited + the payment option «Zölle/Steuern — my account» (bill duties & taxes to shipper, DDP) | After-the-fact billing to the sender's UPS account: when the label is created, payment of duties by the sender is selected (a valid 6-digit UPS Kundennummer is required); UPS clears in the USA, advances the duties and bills them to the German account + a «Duty and Tax Forwarding Charge» of €25,10/parcel (a fee for the duty payer being outside the country of destination). Without an account (card payment) only DDU is available | Free opening of a UPS account (payment account) at ups.com — without a contract and without minimum volumes; then labels via ups.com, the UPS Developer API or aggregators (Sendcloud/Shippo/ShipStation) with your own account connected UPS Kundennummer (free); commercial invoice; for >5 tariff lines — a surcharge for formal entry | Transport at the account rate (there is no public fixed price for 0,5 kg — use the ups.com calculator) + €25,10 Duty & Tax Forwarding + duties (the product's MFN base rate + the 10% Section 122 surcharge — about $10 per $100 on an MFN-free item; the surcharge expires 2026-07-24); an additional Disbursement Fee on the US side is possible (min $17,00 from 11.05.2026) — see gaps | Yes: Etsy explicitly names UPS in its DDP policy announcement; integration via Sendcloud (official Etsy partner) with your own UPS contract, or manually | verified 2026-07-15 |
| Shippo (aggregator) Shippo + your own UPS / FedEx / DHL Express accounts (Incoterm DDP in the commercial invoice) | Via an aggregator: Shippo does not issue DDP labels itself; DDP is selected in the Incoterm field when the invoice is created, and only connected carrier accounts of your own will work («UPS, FedEx, and DHL Express accounts connected to Shippo can be used, as they all support DDP»); duties are billed by the carrier to the seller's account | Free Shippo plan, an Etsy integration exists; connect your own carrier accounts Your own UPS/FedEx/DHL Express account | Your own carrier's rate + its DDP fees + duties | Yes, Shippo has an Etsy integration, but from 03.02.2026 Etsy is cutting back the data for integrations other than Packlink/Sendcloud — the process still works, but is less convenient | verified 2026-07-15 |
| FedEx Germany FedEx International Priority/Connect + «Bill duties/taxes to shipper» (Bill Sender) | After-the-fact billing to the sender's FedEx account: on the AWB the duty payer is set to shipper; FedEx clears in the USA, advances the duties and invoices the German account; under the contract of carriage the sender is in any case ultimately liable for the duties. Ancillary fees apply (Duty & Tax Forwarding Fee when billing outside the USA; on the US side a disbursement fee — raised in 2026, the sources disagree: $15/2% vs $17,50/2,5%) | Free online opening of a FedEx account (a credit card is required, temporary €1 hold); without minimum volumes; then FedEx Ship Manager or aggregators (Shippo/ShipStation/Sendcloud) with your own account FedEx Kundenkonto (free); commercial invoice; correct HS code | Transport at the account rate (there is no public price for 0,5 kg) + duties (the product's MFN base rate + the 10% Section 122 surcharge — about $10 per $100 on an MFN-free item; the surcharge expires 2026-07-24) + Duty & Tax Forwarding Fee (the amount for DE is not confirmed — the FedEx DE site was unavailable at the time of checking) | Yes: Etsy explicitly names FedEx in its DDP policy announcement; integration via Shippo/ShipStation/Sendcloud with your own account | verified 2026-07-15 |
| TransGlobal Express GmbH (reseller, DE) USPS via Transglobal — consolidation out of Germany, USPS last mile, mandatory DDP | True prepaid DDP: US duties are calculated and CHARGED at the moment the label is booked (built-in customs calculator), the recipient pays nothing; all USPS bookings are processed on DDP terms only. Consolidation at a warehouse, air transport, injection into USPS | Retail online service: free registration, payment per shipment, without contracts and minimum volumes — available to private and business customers alike No minimums; full product description for duty calculation; up to ~5 kg | Label «ab €5,59» (minimum weight, the service's own claim); realistically ~€25–35 for a typical parcel + duties at booking (the product's MFN base rate + the 10% Section 122 surcharge — about $10 per $100 on an MFN-free item; the surcharge expires 2026-07-24); transit time 7–10 days | Compatible in terms of process (the tracking number is entered into Etsy manually), but no native Etsy integration was found — booking on the website/bulk upload | verified 2026-07-15 |
| ShipStation (aggregator, DE accounts exist) ShipStation + the «Bill Taxes & Duties to the Payor of Shipping Charges / Delivered Duty Paid» option with your own carrier accounts | Via an aggregator: the DDP option appears in Label Options only for carriers that support DDP (your own accounts); duties are billed by the carrier to the seller's account. The new «Pre-Paid Duties and Taxes (DDP Guaranteed)» product, with duties paid when the label is bought, is for US accounts ONLY (see no_go) | ShipStation registration for Germany-based accounts; your own UPS/FedEx/DHL Express accounts; the built-in DPD rates do not solve the Etsy-USA problem Paid ShipStation subscription + your own carrier account with DDP | ShipStation subscription + your own carrier's rate + its DDP fees + duties | An Etsy integration exists (with the caveat about the data restriction from 03.02.2026) | verified 2026-07-15 |
| Spring GDS Germany (a PostNL subsidiary; = the PostNL Cross-Border channel out of DE) Spring Postal DDP (clearance via PostNL + USPS last mile); for >$800 — Spring Commercial DDP | Postal DDP under contract: DDU to the USA is closed, replaced by PDDP — duties are calculated transparently from the goods value and the country of origin (IEEPA framework) and billed to the seller; clearance via the «trusted postal partners» PostNL and USPS | B2B contract with Spring GDS Germany (kundenservice@spring-gds.com); there is no self-service; the UK page for the analogous product cites a benchmark of «from 100 parcels/month» — the top of the micro-seller range Contract; approximately ≥100 parcels/month (per the UK version, not confirmed for DE); 10-digit HS code, country of origin, value; up to 20 kg | Prices only under contract, not publicly disclosed | Technically yes (Spring's API/integrations, tracking into Etsy), but the product is designed for regular volumes, not for 5–20 parcels/month | verified 2026-07-15 |
| Asendia Germany (JV La Poste + Swiss Post) e-PAQ Plus PDDP / e-PAQ Select DDP («Customs Prepaid») | Postal/consolidator DDP under contract: Asendia states «U.S. Customs no longer accepts payment on delivery. Use the DDP model»; the e-PAQ Select and e-PAQ Plus PDDP products are designed for the post-de-minimis USA; duties are billed to the seller via Asendia | B2B contract via an Asendia Germany account manager («wenden Sie sich bitte an Ihren Ansprechpartner»); there is no online self-onboarding; minimum volumes are not publicly stated Contract with Asendia DE; complete customs data; minimums are not published (gap) | On request/under contract only, there are no public prices | Technically possible (Asendia's API/integrations), but the contract onboarding makes the channel hard to access at 5–100 parcels/month | verified 2026-07-15 |
| Zonos Zonos Landed Cost (Guarantee) / Zonos Prepay — duty & tax billed to Zonos | Guaranteed landed cost calculation + duty billing to Zonos: the seller sends DDP labels with their own carriers (DHL, FedEx, UPS), and Zonos is entered in the duty payer field; Zonos remits the duties and guarantees the amount (covering any discrepancies itself). Price: $2/order + 10% of the duty/tax amount; the extended guarantee option adds a further +10% | Registration in the Zonos Dashboard/API; for your own website (the Zonos Duty and Tax Shopify app) — the full cycle with duties collected from the buyer at checkout; the seller must have a separate carrier account Zonos account + your own carrier account; technical integration (Dashboard, API or Shopify app) | $2 + 10% of duties per order (for $100 with ~$10 of duties — the MFN base rate + the 10% Section 122 surcharge — ≈ $3,00 in Zonos fees) + your own carrier's transport | Weak: there is no native Etsy integration; Zonos itself warns that DDP orders from Amazon/eBay/Etsy that are not processed through Zonos are billed at the carrier-account level (outside the guarantee). Realistically — for the same seller's Shopify store | verified 2026-07-15 |
| Easyship (aggregator) Easyship + «Prepay Duties & Taxes (DDP)» with eligible couriers (DHL Express/FedEx/UPS) | Via an aggregator: when DDP is selected, only couriers that support prepaid duties are shown; the courier charges a DDP Handling Fee + a disbursement fee (% of the advanced duties), and these amounts are included in the seller's invoice. Germany is listed among the countries of dispatch with pre-negotiated Easyship rates, but exactly which DE couriers offer DDP on Easyship rates is not confirmed | Free Easyship plan, an Etsy integration exists; or your own carrier accounts Easyship account; for guaranteed DDP — your own DHL Express/FedEx/UPS account | Courier rate + DDP handling + disbursement (% of duties) + duties; specifics for DE origin are not published | An Etsy integration exists (with the data restriction from 03.02.2026) | verified 2026-07-15 |
| Sendcloud (aggregator, official Etsy shipping partner) Sendcloud + your own UPS / FedEx / DHL Express contract with Incoterm DDP | Via an aggregator: in Sendcloud you select Incoterm DDP, but «The Incoterm DDP is only available with a direct contract» — i.e. only with your OWN carrier account connected; duties are billed by the carrier to the seller's account (the mechanics of the respective carrier, see above). On Sendcloud's own rates — DAP/DDU only (DAP by default) ⚠️ Verified correction: The mechanics are correct: «The Incoterm DDP is only available with a direct contract», DAP by default (support article 360024842992); the Etsy exclusivity is correct as well — from 03.02.2026 integrations other than Packlink and Sendcloud receive reduced data (help.etsy.com, article 26654295371031; summaries also mention SendNow by Asendia as a third partner). BUT how_to_access is wrong: the «Free Sendcloud plan» does NOT work for this route — Sendcloud's official pricing page: «Note that on the Free plan, you can only ship using Sendcloud's rates. To use your own courier contract, sign up for one of the paid plans». That is, DDP via Sendcloud requires a paid plan (Lite from €28/month with annual billing + €0,10/label; month-to-month ~€35) + your own carrier accounts. The Free plan is currently limited to ~20 parcels/month and to Sendcloud's rates only (DAP/DDU). | Free Sendcloud plan; official Etsy integration (from 03.02.2026 Etsy limits the volume of data for third-party integrations other than Packlink and Sendcloud); connect free UPS/FedEx/DHL Express accounts Sendcloud account + your own carrier account with DDP support | The rate of your own carrier contract + its DDP fees (UPS €25,10; DHL Express DTP min €17) + duties; Sendcloud itself adds no markup on the label with the free plan | Yes — one of Etsy's two privileged partners; orders are imported automatically, tracking is returned to Etsy | verified* 2026-07-15 |
What does NOT work from Germany (12)
- Etsy Shipping Labels — NOT AVAILABLE in Germany: Etsy sells labels only to sellers from the USA, Canada, the United Kingdom and Australia; to a DE seller Etsy officially suggests buying labels from local carriers/partners (Sendcloud, Packlink). That is, a «native» Etsy DDP label does not exist in DE. Source: help.etsy.com «How to Purchase Shipping Labels on Etsy» (verified 2026-07-15 via search results; direct access to the page blocked with 403).
- Hermes Germany (myhermes.de) — all export outside the EU, including the USA, DISCONTINUED as of 27.01.2025 («Der Versand in Länder außerhalb der EU wurde zum 27.01.2025 eingestellt»); the partner service BorderGuru is closed. Source: https://www.myhermes.de/service/fragen/versenden/versand-weltweit.html (verified 2026-07-15) and https://ohn.haendlerbund.de/logistik/paketdienste/hermes-stellt-internationalen-versand-ein.
- Deutsche Post / DHL — the retail channel (Privatkunden, branch offices and online franking): commercial goods MAY NOT be sent to the USA — only private gifts up to $100 (physical persons) and documents are permitted; PDDP is not provided to private customers («DHL hat für Privatkunden keine Lösung für den postalischen Standardversand bereitgestellt»). A micro-seller without a Geschäftskunden contract cannot legally ship to the USA over the post office counter. Sources: https://group.dhl.com/de/presse/pressemitteilungen/2025/neue-us-zollvorschriften-temporaere-einschraenkungen-beim-postalischen-warenversand-in-die-usa-fuer-privat-und-geschaeftskunden.html (2025-08-22); https://www.paketda.de/ausland/usa.html (verified 2026-07-15).
- DHL Warenpost International / Kleinpaket international to the USA — suspended as of 22.08.2025 and NOT included in the resumption of 25.09.2025: PDDP was extended only to DHL Paket International; the cheap lightweight format (<1 kg) for the USA is dead. The official Warenpost International product page still lists the USA — the page has not been updated and must not be relied on. Sources: https://group.dhl.com/de/presse/pressemitteilungen/2025/dhl-paket-nimmt-postalischen-warenversand-aus-deutschland-in-die-usa-und-puerto-rico-fuer-geschaeftskunden-wieder-auf.html (2025-09-23); https://www.hissenit.com/de/blog/internationaler-versand-dhl-ddp-pddp.html (PDDP «nicht als Warenpost International»); contradiction recorded 2026-07-15.
- DHL ExpressEasy (retail DHL Express at Deutsche Post branches / without an account via MyDHL+) — DDP is impossible: the DTP billing service requires a DHL Express Kundenkonto, and guest/retail shipments go DDU only (duties are collected from the recipient). In addition, paketda.de indicates that via retail «DHL Express Easy» franking only documents are accepted for shipping abroad. Sources: https://www.dhl.de/en/geschaeftskunden/express/produkte-und-services/duty-billing-services.html; https://www.paketda.de/frankieren/dhl-porto.html (verified 2026-07-15).
- UPS without an account (guest card payment on ups.com) — DDU only: «Wenn Sie hier keine Wahl treffen, werden die Zölle und Steuern vom Empfänger bei der Zustellung eingesammelt»; the «my account for duties» option requires a 6-digit UPS Kundennummer. A one-off retail UPS label is incompatible with Etsy DDP. Source: https://www.ups.com/assets/resources/webcontent/de_DE/UPS_Payment_Options.pdf (verified 2026-07-15).
- Packlink / Packlink PRO (one of the two official Etsy partners!) — does NOT offer DDP: under Packlink's rules duties and fees are paid by the recipient, and if the recipient refuses they are re-invoiced to the sender; there is no prepaid/bill-shipper mechanism whatsoever. For the USA after 09.07.2026 Packlink labels = a violation of Etsy's DDP policy. Sources: https://support.packlink.com/hc/en-gb/articles/208492155-Who-has-to-pay-the-customs-fees-and-taxes (verified 2026-07-15); https://www.packlink.com/de-DE/praktische-hinweise/einfuhrbestimmungen-usa/ («muss der Empfänger Zollgebühren entrichten», DDP is not mentioned).
- DPD Germany — there is NO parcel service to the USA for private senders («Hermes, DPD und GLS bieten für Privatkunden keinen Paketversand in die USA an»); the DPD network is European, and the USA is outside its own DE product line. Source: https://www.paketda.de/ausland/usa.html (verified 2026-07-15; the official dpd.com page returned 403 at the time of checking — see gaps).
- GLS Germany — unsuitable for a micro-seller: international shipments only under your own GLS contract, «you have to take care of the customs clearance yourself» (GLS does not take on the clearance/DDP mechanics; the integrator shipcloud confirms only the transmission of the incoterm code). There is no retail channel to the USA and no accessible DDP. Source: https://support.shipcloud.io/en/articles/2785697-gls-international-and-dutiable-shipping (verified 2026-07-15).
- ShipStation «Pre-Paid Duties and Taxes (DDP Guaranteed)» — NOT AVAILABLE to German sellers: the product was launched «for US Businesses Shipping Internationally» and works only for US-based accounts with UPS/FedEx/DHL Express from ShipStation when shipping FROM the USA. DE accounts are left with only the classic DDP billing under their own contracts. Sources: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20251118263606/en/ShipStation-Streamlines-Duty-and-Tax-Payments-for-US-Businesses-Shipping-Internationally (2025-11-18); https://help.shipstation.com/hc/en-us/articles/42998005916699-Pre-Paid-Duties-and-Taxes-DDP-Guaranteed.
- Landmark Global (bpost) — postal DDP to the USA does exist (in collaboration with IPC and Zonos), but the channel is strictly contract/enterprise: there is no self-onboarding and no public rates, onboarding goes through sales for brands/retailers with volume; not available to a micro-seller at 5–100 parcels/month. Source: https://landmarkglobal.com/eu/en/news-insights/exploring-us-cross-border-e-commerce-shipping/ (verified 2026-07-15).
- USPS directly from Germany — not sold: USPS injection is available only via reseller-consolidators (for example, TransGlobal Express, see routes); USPS's own «Prepaid Import Duties/DDP» service concerns parcels outbound FROM the USA. Source: https://www.usps.com/international/prepaid-import-duties.htm (verified 2026-07-15).
Context as of 15.07.2026: the $800 de minimis was abolished as of 29.08.2025 (EO «Suspending Duty-Free De Minimis Treatment for All Countries»), the postal flat fee died on 28.02.2026 — postal channels work only through ad valorem PDDP schemes with a «Qualified Party». From 09.07.2026 Etsy requires DDP from all non-US sellers: without prepaid duties an order loses Purchase Protection, and reimbursements to the buyer for duties/fees are deducted from the seller (Etsy announcement 09.06.2026, VP James Ossman). Germany is a rare case where the national postal operator has a working postal DDP (DHL PDDP, €2/pc), but it is locked behind a Geschäftskunden contract with a threshold of 200 parcels/year: a seller with 5–15 parcels/month is effectively left with (a) free UPS/FedEx/DHL Express accounts + bill-shipper via Sendcloud/Shippo (fixed DDP fees of €17–25 per parcel make light, cheap orders margin-negative) and (b) the reseller TransGlobal Express with prepaid USPS DDP at booking — the only channel found offering «DDP with duties paid on the label» without any contract at all. The key trap: Packlink is an official Etsy partner, but its labels are DDU and after 09.07.2026 lead to chargebacks; Etsy Labels do not exist in DE. The difference between the mechanisms: prepaid on the label = TransGlobal (and Spring/Asendia PDDP under contract); after-the-fact billing to an account = DHL PDDP, DHL Express DTP (2%/min €17), UPS (€25,10), FedEx; billing to a third-party guarantor = Zonos ($2+10%). «Showing landed cost at checkout» without one of these mechanisms is not DDP. Duties are calculated by the country of ORIGIN of the goods (for made-in-Germany — the product's MFN base rate plus the 10% Section 122 surcharge, which expires 2026-07-24), which is why resellers of Chinese goods out of DE pay Chinese origin rates. To monitor: the PDDP limit being raised to $2 500 from 24.07.2026 (which will extend the postal channel to goods of $800–2500) and Etsy's promised «US tariffs estimator» in Shop Manager (beta, June 2026).
France
New to this? Read the full walk-through: selling from France to the US.
| Carrier / service | How duties get paid | How to get access | Cost hint (0.5 kg / $100) | Etsy fit | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| La Poste / Colissimo Colissimo International États-Unis — affranchissement en ligne on laposte.fr (retail) / Colissimo Entreprise «option DDP» (contract) | Retail: US duties are calculated during online affranchissement on laposte.fr and paid by the seller immediately together with the label (prepaid on the label); frais de gestion ≈ €1 + €0.42 per parcel + 2.5% of the duty amount. Physically, clearance in the US is done by the partner FedEx: «les droits et taxes de douane sont avancés par FedEx auprès de la douane américaine, puis vous sont refacturés par Colissimo». For Colissimo Entreprise contract customers, duties are re-invoiced monthly (post-factum billing). | Retail: label purchase on laposte.fr without any contract (available to private individuals and pro). Colissimo Entreprise contract — for regular volumes, the DDP option is included in the offer. Full CN23 customs declaration + commercial invoice, correct HS codes and country of origin; affranchissement ONLY online on laposte.fr (a post office branch will not sell you a label to the US). Non-compliant parcels are returned/destroyed (min. fine $100). | Shipping 0.5 kg (zone C, 2026 rate) ≈ €33.50 + US duties (the product's MFN base rate, 0% for many handmade categories, + the 10% Section 122 surcharge — on $100 with an MFN-free item ≈ $10/€9.2; the surcharge expires 2026-07-24) + frais de gestion ≈ €1.8 → total ≈ €44–47 | Yes: the label is bought on laposte.fr, tracking is entered into the Etsy order manually; Colissimo is also integrated into ShipStation (FR) and Sendcloud, but the DDP duty calculation is guaranteed to work in the laposte.fr interface | verified 2026-07-15 |
| DHL Express France DHL Express Worldwide + the «Droits et taxes payés» billing service (DTP / Duties & Taxes Paid) | When creating a shipment in MyDHL+, the seller selects the shipper as the payer of duties/taxes (DTP). DHL advances the duties to US customs and bills them post-factum to the seller's DHL account + the «Droits et taxes payés» fee = 2% of the duty amount, minimum €17 (Guide des Services et des Tarifs 2026 France). | A free DHL Express business account (opened online, no minimum volumes) → MyDHL+. In one-off retail without an account the DTP option is unavailable (billing requires an account number). Business account (SIRET), commercial invoice, HS codes; prepayment/bank card or monthly invoicing | Public 2026 rate: Express Worldwide 0.5 kg FR→US (zone 6) = €127.02 excluding VAT and fuel surcharge + DTP fee €17 + duties (the product's MFN base rate + the 10% Section 122 surcharge — ≈€9 on $100 for an MFN-free item; the surcharge expires 2026-07-24). With account discounts (usually 30–60%) substantially lower. | Yes: Etsy explicitly requires a DDP carrier; Etsy orders can be handled via MyDHL+ manually or via integrators (ShipStation FR, Sendcloud — your own DHL account) | verified 2026-07-15 |
| FedEx France FedEx International Priority / International Connect Plus + duties payer selection = Sender (DDP) | On the international label the seller selects the shipper as the payer of duties/taxes; FedEx advances the duties in the US and bills them to the seller's FedEx account plus a fee for advancing them. It is FedEx that also physically clears the Colissimo DDP flow. ⚠️ Verified correction: TWO DIFFERENT FEES SEPARATED (verification of 19.07.2026). FedEx charges either the Disbursement Fee or the Duty and Tax Forwarding Fee, depending on WHERE the duty payer sits. Verbatim from fedex.com: «Disbursement Fee (applies to duty and tax payors) or Duty and Tax Forwarding Fee (applies to duties and taxes invoiced to third-party payors outside the destination country/territory)»; «If a shipper uses a third-party billing service in which duties and taxes are paid outside of the destination country, they will be charged a Duty and Tax Forwarding Fee instead». A seller who bills US duties to their own non-US account (Bill Sender) is a payer OUTSIDE the destination country, so their charge is the Duty and Tax Forwarding Fee: from 05.01.2026 the greater of $15 or 2% of duty/tax/MPF at a customs value of ≤$800; the greater of $29 or 2% above $800. The Disbursement Fee (from 20.07.2026 the greater of $17,50 or 2,5%; previously $15 or 2%) covers the case where the duties are collected from the recipient in the US, i.e. DDU/DAP, not our scenario. Indirect confirmation of the split: UPS follows exactly the same logic — its Duty and Tax Forwarding Charge is billed precisely when the sender pays the duties (already recorded in the matrix for ES/IT/PL/FR/JP). Separately: «2,5% or €15» is the Disbursement Fee for shipments DESTINED FOR THE EU («applies to all shipments destined to European Union member states», it does not apply intra-EU); it has no bearing on US-bound routes at all. OPEN QUESTION: FedEx Japan announced a revision of both fee families from 20.07.2026, but no new forwarding fee amount has been published anywhere; fedex.com itself blocks all automated fetches (403/error page), so the figures come from secondary sources (Reveel, LJM) and from fedex.com wording via the search index. Manual verification against the logged-in rate sheet — HT-12. The row's previous wording («Disbursement Fee ≈ US$15 or 2%») named the wrong fee. | Free online opening of a FedEx account; a corporate contract is not required FedEx account; commercial invoice, HS codes | The 0.5 kg FR→US rate is not publicly verified (rate PDF unavailable, 403) + Duty and Tax Forwarding Fee (since 2026-01-05: the greater of $15 or 2% of duty/tax/MPF at a customs value of ≤$800; the greater of $29 or 2% above $800) + duties ≈€9 (the product's MFN base rate + the 10% Section 122 surcharge on an MFN-free item; the surcharge expires 2026-07-24) | Yes, but with a caveat: in ShipStation classic DDP works only with your own FedEx account (the «FedEx from ShipStation» master account does not support classic DDP; it does support the new «DDP Guaranteed») | verified* 2026-07-19 |
| Asendia (JV La Poste + Swiss Post) e-PAQ Select Customs Prepaid / e-PAQ Plus PDDP (Postal Delivered Duty Paid) | Asendia, in partnership with Zonos, calculates and prepays the duties BEFORE delivery («Asendia calculates and pays in advance of delivery»); the seller does not need to register with US authorities — all formalities are on Asendia. Limits: parcels up to 2 kg and up to $800 in value. | Only a B2B contract with Asendia France; per their FAQ the typical customer is «at least 200 parcels in a month» (for 5–100 parcels/month — borderline, «if you're at all unsure… get in touch») Contract; benchmark from ~200 parcels/month; product data (HS, origin) | Prices are not published (on request only) | Technically yes (integrations with e-commerce platforms), but the volume threshold makes this route hardly accessible to a micro-seller specifically | verified 2026-07-15 |
| Spring GDS France (PostNL group) Postal DDP (PDDP) — up to $800; Commercial DDP — above $800 | PDDP is built on PostNL's direct agreement with USPS: the duties are calculated from the item value at the country's IEEPA rate and prepaid before entry into the US; Commercial DDP for >$800 — via selected third-party providers. | Business customer of Spring GDS France (spring-gds.com/fr); they position themselves for e-commerce SMEs («integration <24h, dedicated expert»); formal minimum volumes are not published — to be clarified Contract with Spring; product data; parcels up to 20 kg (Spring standard) | Not published (on request) | Yes via Spring's API/integrations and platforms such as Sendcloud (Spring is available in Sendcloud); there is no native Etsy integration | verified 2026-07-15 |
| Easyship (aggregator) Easyship from France (DHL Express/FedEx/UPS + Colissimo, Chronopost) with the «Duties & Taxes prepaid (DDP)» option | For couriers that support DDP (DHL Express, FedEx, UPS), the seller selects DDP; the courier advances the duties and they are billed to the seller through Easyship together with the courier's «DDP Handling Fee» (+disbursement % of the advanced amount); Easyship generates the commercial invoice and the customs documents. | Free registration (free plan), FR origin is supported (easyship.com/en-fr); you can use Easyship rates or your own carrier accounts Easyship account; card for billing; product catalogue with HS codes | Courier rate with the Easyship discount + duties (the product's MFN base rate + the 10% Section 122 surcharge, expiring 2026-07-24) + the courier's DDP handling fee (for DHL FR — 2%, min €17) | Yes — there is an Etsy integration (order import, tracking sync) | verified 2026-07-15 |
| Zonos Zonos Landed Cost (+Landed Cost Guarantee) and Marketplace Dashboard Lite for Etsy sellers | Zonos calculates the landed cost (duties+fees) and, on a DDP shipment with DHL/FedEx/UPS, takes the duty billing onto itself: «duties and taxes are billed to Zonos—not you. We pay the invoices directly». Guaranteed calculation: $2 + 10% of the duties/taxes amount per order. Dashboard Lite (free): AI HS classification and calculation of US tariffs; the purchase of DDP labels with prepaid duties for Etsy orders is announced as «coming soon» (pay-per-shipment, charged to a card). | Free Dashboard Lite registration (for marketplace sellers); the full Landed Cost — via the Shopify plugin/API or partners (Asendia, ShipStation) Zonos account; product catalogue; for the label functions — a card | Calculations are free; guarantee $2 + 10% of the duties (~$1 with ~$10 of duties on $100 — the MFN base rate + the 10% Section 122 surcharge) + the carrier's rate | Explicitly aimed at Etsy (auto-import of US orders announced), but as of 07.2026 the labels are not GA — check the status | verified 2026-07-15 |
| Sendcloud (aggregator) Sendcloud FR + your own carrier contract with DDP (DHL Express/UPS/FedEx) | On Sendcloud's own rates DDP is NOT available — per their help page «The Incoterm DDP is only available with a direct contract»; by default all international parcels go DAP. DDP works only if the seller has connected their own carrier contract/account, in which case the duties are billed post-factum by the carrier to the seller's account. | A free/paid Sendcloud plan + connecting your own DHL Express/UPS/FedEx account with the DDP option enabled Your own carrier account (see the DHL/UPS/FedEx routes above) | The rate under your carrier contract + that carrier's DDP fee | Yes — Sendcloud has a native Etsy integration (Etsy named Sendcloud among the shipping partners with DDP options) | verified 2026-07-15 |
| UPS France UPS Worldwide Saver / Expedited + the billing option «duties and taxes to the shipper» (DDP / Free Domicile) | When creating a label with a UPS payment account, DDP is selected: UPS advances the duties to US customs and bills them post-factum to the seller's account + the Duty and Tax Forwarding Charge fee = €22.25 per parcel (current «Additional Services & Charges, France» price list; the edition of 21.12.2025 shows €8.85 for a value ≤€22, otherwise min. €18.45 or 3.05% of the advanced amount — see gaps). Without a payment account (card payment) the label is DDU by default — the recipient pays themselves. ⚠️ Verified correction: The mechanism is correct (DDP with a payment account; with card payment without an account — DDU by default), but the figures are outdated/mixed up. The current edition of «2026 UPS Additional Services and Charges, France» (in the PDF itself: «Effective from 7 June 2026», verified 15.07.2026): Duty and Tax Forwarding Charge = €23,50 per shipment («This charge is for shipments outside the EU, when the payer of duties and taxes is not located in the destination country»). €22,25 is the previous edition (the old PDF is still up at ups.com/assets/resources/webcontent/fr_FR/). The structure «€8,85 for a value ≤€22 / min €18,45 / 3,05%» is a SEPARATE Disbursement Fee (advancing funds under import brokerage), not an edition of the Duty and Tax Forwarding Charge; in the edition of 07.06.2026 both fees coexist (€23,50 and €8,85/€18,45/3,05%). Also, the preferredship.com source in reality describes DHL Express, not UPS — remove or replace. | Free account registration on ups.com + a payment profile (payment account); a corporate contract is not needed A UPS account with a linked payment method; commercial invoice, HS codes | The 0.5 kg FR→US rate is not published publicly (calculator/account only) + DTF €23.50 + duties ≈€9 (the product's MFN base rate + the 10% Section 122 surcharge on $100 for an MFN-free item; the surcharge expires 2026-07-24) | Yes: via ups.com manually or via ShipStation (the «Bill duties and taxes to payor of shipping charges» checkbox), Sendcloud/Easyship with your own account | verified* 2026-07-15 |
| Chronopost (La Poste group) Chronopost International (express) to the US | As with the La Poste group: the calculation and collection of US duties from the shipper happens at affranchissement (prepaid); Chronopost was the only La Poste service that did not stop shipping goods to the US during the August 2025 crisis. ⚠️ Verified correction: The service is alive and accepts goods to the US (service-public A18463, updated 18.03.2026; in August 2025 Chronopost was indeed the only working La Poste channel — this is correct). BUT the stated DDP mechanism is wrong: prepayment of duties at affranchissement is the Colissimo/laposte.fr mechanic and does NOT extend to Chronopost. Per Chronopost's own pages (verified 15.07.2026): «les droits de douane et frais de dédouanement sont demandés au destinataire au moment de la livraison» — by default international parcels go DAP, the duties are paid by the RECIPIENT on delivery; the shipper pays the duties only «si vous détenez un compte DDP chez Chronopost» — i.e. DDP only for customers with a contract account with the DDP option. Retail without a contract (chronopost.fr / post office branch) = NOT DDP. None of the stated source_urls confirms prepayment of duties by the shipper at Chronopost. Not suitable for a DDP guide without a contract; include only with the caveat «a compte DDP is required». | Online at chronopost.fr or at a post office branch; without a contract, available to private individuals and to businesses; for volumes — a Chronopost Pro contract. CN23 + commercial invoice, HS codes; category restrictions (from 16.07.2026 CPSC eFiling on toys/clothing/footwear/electronics etc.) | The exact public 0.5 kg rate to the US could not be verified (chronopost.fr pages return 403) — roughly more expensive than Colissimo, cheaper than the DHL list price; see gaps | Yes: the label is outside Etsy (website/branch), tracking manually; Chronopost is available in ShipStation for FR accounts | verified* 2026-07-15 |
| ShipStation (aggregator, FR accounts) «Pre-Paid Duties and Taxes (DDP Guaranteed)» + the classic «Bill duties & taxes to payor» flag (DDP) | Two mechanisms: (1) the classic one — the DDP checkbox with your own UPS/DHL Express account → the carrier bills the duties post-factum to the seller's account; (2) DDP Guaranteed — the duties are calculated and PAID at the moment the label is purchased («your customs fees will be paid at the same time you create the label»), and ShipStation with its logistics network (Zonos) remits them to customs; available on «UPS/FedEx/DHL Express from ShipStation». ⚠️ Verified correction: For a French seller the route does NOT work as stated. (1) DDP Guaranteed — only for US-based accounts and shipments FROM the US: «For US-based accounts, certain ShipStation Carriers offer Pre-Paid Duties and Taxes Guaranteed on supported services when shipping packages from the US»; available on «UPS/FedEx/DHL Express from ShipStation» — these are ShipStation's native US carriers; the press release of 18.11.2025 (businesswire) is explicitly titled «...for US Businesses Shipping Internationally». (2) The classic «Bill International Duties to Payor of Shipping Charges (DDP)» flag is documented in the help centre only for the carriers of US / Canada / UK / Australia accounts — France is NOT on the list (verified 15.07.2026). The FR carrier integrations exist as stated (Colissimo, Chronopost, DHL Express, FedEx, FedEx International Connect, UPS, Delivengo, Mondial Relay — the Carrier Integrations France article), but there is no documented DDP option for FR accounts. It can be included in the guide at most as an interface for printing labels against your own carrier contract, with the note «the DDP flag for FR is not documented — a practical test is required»; the article has been renamed to «Pre-Pay Duties and Taxes in ShipStation» (same ID). | A ShipStation subscription; France is officially supported (FR carriers: Colissimo, Chronopost, DHL Express, FedEx, FedEx International Connect, UPS, Delivengo, Mondial Relay etc.); native Etsy integration A paid subscription (from the basic plan); for classic DDP — your own carrier accounts; a per-shipment fee is charged for labels on your own carrier accounts in FR | Subscription + the carrier's rate; for DDP Guaranteed the duties (the product's MFN base rate + the 10% Section 122 surcharge — about $10 on $100 for an MFN-free item) are prepaid on the label | Yes — native integration of Etsy orders | verified* 2026-07-15 |
What does NOT work from France (9)
- Etsy Shipping Labels — for sellers from France they are fundamentally UNAVAILABLE: buying labels on Etsy exists only for sellers in the US, Canada, UK, Australia, so an FR seller has no «native» Etsy DDP label; DDP has to be provided by an external carrier. Source: https://help.etsy.com/hc/en-us/articles/360001967188-How-to-Purchase-Shipping-Labels-on-Etsy (verified 2026-07-15 via a search snippet; direct access 403)
- Mondial Relay — does not ship to the US at all (the network covers only France and the EU: BE, PT, NL, LU, IT, PL, ES + home delivery DE/AT); the DDP question does not arise. Sources: https://www.mondialrelay.fr/faq/envoyer-un-colis/comment-envoyer-un-colis-%C3%A0-linternational/ (2026-07-15), https://www.info-ler.fr/faire-un-envoi-mondial-relay-a-letranger-en-2026-est-ce-possible/
- Delivengo / Delivengo easy (La Poste) — label issuance to the US has been suspended since 25.08.2025; the official list of permitted channels for goods to the US (service-public.gouv.fr, upd. 18.03.2026) names only Colissimo en ligne (<€650) and Chronopost — Delivengo is absent from it; there is no DDP option. At the same time the Delivengo FAQ still lists the US among its destinations (the page looks out of date) — the contradiction is recorded in gaps. Sources: https://centrelogistiquededistribution.fr/articles/%E2%9C%88%EF%B8%8F-expeditions-vers-les-etats-unis-suspendues-en-dap/ (25.08.2025), https://www.service-public.gouv.fr/particuliers/actualites/A18463 (2026-03-18), https://mydelivengo.laposte.fr/easy/faq/ (2026-07-15)
- Boxtal (FR aggregator) — shipping to the US goes with the duties «à la charge du destinataire» (DAP), there is no DDP option in the interface; their help page warns explicitly: «Si le destinataire ne règle pas les droits de douane, c'est l'expéditeur qui sera tenu de les régler». Source: https://help.boxtal.com/fr/fr/article/new-regulation-us (verified 2026-07-15 via a snippet; a direct fetch returns an empty page)
- Packlink / Packlink PRO — DDP is not offered: «le destinataire sera responsable du paiement de tous les frais, taxes et droits applicables» (DAP), which as of 09.07.2026 is incompatible with Etsy's requirement. Sources: https://support.packlink.com/hc/fr-fr/articles/28683692327442 and https://support.packlink.com/hc/fr-fr/articles/29198428283538 (verified 2026-07-15)
- Landmark Global (bpost) — not available to a micro-seller: they work only with large volumes under contract («you need to have a high minimum order volume to work with Landmark Global») and themselves refer small sellers to their subsidiary Happy-Post. Source: https://www.ecommerce-nation.com/landmark-global/ (verified 2026-07-15), https://landmarkglobal.com/eu/en/
- Happy-Post (a Landmark subsidiary for small shippers) — there is currently NO DDP to the US: their own notice on the suspension of postal and FedEx services to the US («Suspension de certains envois postaux vers les États-Unis – avec effet immédiat»; only the commercial DHL channel remains), while their duties help page still describes payment by the recipient and the $800 seuil (the pages are out of date). Sources: https://happy-post.com/fr/suspension-envois-postaux-et-fedex-etats-unis/, https://happy-post.com/fr/droits-de-douane/, https://happy-post.com/fr/envoi-colis-etats-unis/ (all verified 2026-07-15)
- PostNL Cross-Border directly from FR — does not exist as a separate product for a French seller; you need to work through the subsidiary Spring GDS France (see routes). Source: https://www.spring-gds.com/fr/a-propos-de-nous/ (2026-07-15)
- USPS — the USPS DDP products (Prepaid Import Duties / USPS DDP, launched 02.2026) concern only parcels outbound FROM the US and are not directly available to importers from FR. Sources: https://www.usps.com/international/prepaid-import-duties.htm, https://www.ecommercebytes.com/2026/02/01/usps-delivered-duty-paid-launches-for-outbound-packages/
Context as of 15.07.2026. (1) The $800 de minimis was abolished on 29.08.2025 (duties from the first dollar, at the shipper's expense before entry into the US); La Poste suspended goods shipments on 25.08.2025 and then resumed them via Colissimo en ligne with prepaid DDP (clearance through the partner FedEx) — this is currently the cheapest «contract-free» DDP route for a micro-seller (≈€44–47 all in for 0.5 kg/$100, €650 limit). (2) A realistic combination for an FR Etsy seller: Colissimo en ligne (economy) + DHL Express with a free account and DTP 2%/min €17 (express) + an aggregator (ShipStation/Sendcloud/Easyship) to automate Etsy orders. (3) Distinguish: true DDP = the duties are prepaid on the label (Colissimo retail, Spring PDDP, Asendia PDDP, ShipStation DDP Guaranteed) or post-factum billing to the seller's account (DHL DTP, UPS DDP + DTF €22.25, FedEx bill-sender); «showing landed cost at checkout» without the seller paying the duties (Boxtal/Packlink DAP) is NOT suitable under the Etsy mandate of 09.07.2026. (4) US duties = the product's MFN base rate (0% for many handmade categories) + the 10% Section 122 surcharge, i.e. about $10 per $100 on an MFN-free item; the surcharge expires 2026-07-24 and what replaces it is undecided. Build this into your price. (5) From 16.07.2026 CPSC eFiling is added for a number of categories (toys, clothing, footwear, electronics etc.) — check your own category. (6) Etsy from 09.07.2026: without DDP the seller loses Purchase Protection, and duty refunds to buyers will be withheld from the seller's payouts.
Spain
New to this? Read the full walk-through: selling from Spain to the US.
| Carrier / service | How duties get paid | How to get access | Cost hint (0.5 kg / $100) | Etsy fit | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Correos (national postal service) Paquete Internacional (Light / Estándar / Premium) with duties (aranceles) paid at origin + «Gestión aduanera en destino» | Postal DDP (PDDP model): for parcels valued at ≤$800, US duties are charged to the sender AT THE MOMENT OF SHIPPING together with the shipping rate; Correos «se encargará del cobro y transmisión de los aranceles» to US CBP, acting «como facilitador e intermediario». Payment: prepaid at the counter/online (shipping rate + the ad valorem arancel: the product's MFN base rate + the 10% Section 122 surcharge, which expires 2026-07-24, + the «Gestión aduanera en destino» fee). The recipient pays nothing on delivery. For shipments >$800 — the recipient pays the duties (classic DAP), i.e. DDP only within the $800 limit. | Retail: any private customer or business — a Correos office or Correos online; no account/contract needed. Acceptance of all types of parcels to the US resumed on 03.10.2025 (after a pause from 25.08.2025). Required: HS code (6-10 digits), country of manufacture, description, value, recipient contact details. No minimum volumes; a full customs declaration must be completed (HS code, país de fabricación). Goods cannot be sent via products without tracking (Cartas, Libro Internacional). | 0.5 kg to the US: Paquete Internacional Light «desde 15,04 €», Estándar «desde 33,07 €», Premium «desde 40,12 €» (exact rate to the US — via the Correos calculator) + the arancel on $100 (the product's MFN base rate + the 10% Section 122 surcharge — ≈9 € for an MFN-free item) + «Gestión aduanera en destino» fee (amount not published on the page — see gaps). Roughly ~50-70 € all in. | Yes, manually: the label is bought outside Etsy, the tracking is pasted into the order. Meets the Etsy DDP requirement in effect from 09.07.2026 (duties prepaid, the buyer pays nothing). Etsy Shipping Labels are not available for ES, and there is no automatic Correos integration in Etsy. | verified 2026-07-15 |
| DHL Express (España) EXPRESS WORLDWIDE + «Pagos de Impuestos» billing service (Duty Tax Paid, DTP) | Courier DTP: in MyDHL+ the sender selects billing of duties/taxes to themselves; DHL pays the duties in the US and bills them to the seller's DHL account AFTER THE FACT via MyBill + the «Pagos de Impuestos» surcharge = 2% de los cargos fiscales, minimum 17 EUR (Guía de Servicios y Tarifas 2026 España). Wording in the guide: «DHL puede disponer que se facturen al remitente o a un tercero los aranceles e impuestos a pagar en destino». The buyer pays nothing. | Free DHL Express business account: «Abrir una cuenta de empresa de DHL Express es gratuito… no se requiere un volumen mínimo de envíos» — online registration (MyDHL+), payment by card or on invoice. Without an account (guest shipment) DTP is not available — official help page: DTP «ofrece la posibilidad de que los titulares de cuentas de DHL los paguen». Free DHL Express account (even autónomo/micro-business); full commercial invoice declaration. No minimum volumes. | 0.5 kg ES→US (zone 9): public 2026 rate without discounts = 182,86 € (+ fuel surcharge) + DTP fee 17 € (min) + the duty on $100 — the product's MFN base rate + the 10% Section 122 surcharge (≈9 € for an MFN-free item), billed to the account. Total ~215-230 € at public list rates; with a free account discounts are usually applied (individually negotiated). | Yes, manually (label in MyDHL+, tracking into Etsy). There is no direct Etsy↔MyDHL+ integration; Etsy officially names couriers with DDP options as a way to meet the 09.07.2026 requirement. | verified 2026-07-15 |
| UPS (España) Worldwide Saver / Expedited + the «Gratis a domicilio» payment option (Free Domicile = DDP) | Courier DDP: when creating the label on ups.com you select «Cargar derechos de aduana e impuestos en mi cuenta» — US duties and taxes are billed to the sender's 6-digit UPS account after the fact. Official PDF: without this selection «el destinatario se hará cargo de los derechos de aduana e impuestos» (DDU by default); for DDP «Es imprescindible tener una cuenta de seis dígitos con UPS». Additional fee: Duty and Tax Forwarding Charge = 22,85 € per shipment (when the duty payer is outside the destination country). | Open a free UPS account (6-digit) online at ups.com; no contract/volumes required. Card-only payment without an account = always DDU (DDP not available). The «DDP excl. VAT» option — only by contacting UPS. Free 6-digit UPS account; a correct commercial invoice (the account is entered as the payer of duties). | Transport 0.5 kg ES→US — via the ups.com calculator (the public rate card in the open PDF does not contain international amounts with surcharges; see gaps) + Duty and Tax Forwarding 22,85 € + the duty on $100 to the account — the product's MFN base rate + the 10% Section 122 surcharge (≈$10 for an MFN-free item; the surcharge expires 2026-07-24). | Yes, manually; UPS is on Etsy's official list of «carriers that provide DDP options» («partner carriers that do DDP, including UPS and FedEx»). | verified 2026-07-15 |
| Asendia España (La Poste + Swiss Post) e-PAQ Plus PDDP (Postal Delivered Duty Paid) | PDDP via the postal network: «Asendia calcula y abona los derechos de importación antes de la entrega» — Asendia calculates and pays the US duties before delivery and bills them to the seller on the service invoice (prepaid — nothing on the recipient's side). | Only via the Asendia España sales department («Contacta con el equipo de Asendia») — B2B onboarding with a contract; there is no self-serve registration. Not published (minimum volumes are not stated — see gaps); Asendia's practice is working with e-commerce brands under contract. Data: exact product description, HS code, country of origin, value. | Not published (rates on request). Ad valorem duty: the product's MFN base rate (0% for many handmade categories) + the 10% Section 122 surcharge (expires 2026-07-24); for some categories the MFN rate runs up to 50%. | Manually (tracking into Etsy); formally meets Etsy's DDP requirement. There is no direct Etsy integration. | verified 2026-07-15 |
| Easyship (aggregator) Easyship rates (DHL Express / FedEx / UPS from ES) with the Duties & Taxes setting = DDP (sender pays) | Aggregator DDP: in Easyship the seller selects DDP for courier services that support prepaid duties; the courier adds a «DDP Handling Fee» (DHL ~$15, FedEx ~$10, UPS ~$15) + a disbursement fee (% of the advanced duties); everything is billed through Easyship's billing (or to your own connected carrier account). | Self-serve registration (there is a free plan); from Spain, pre-negotiated rates from DHL Express, FedEx, UPS are available, or you can connect your own courier account «in 3 clicks». An Easyship account; complete customs data. No minimum volumes. | Transport at the platform's quote (discounts «up to 91%») + DDP handling fee $10-15 + disbursement % + the duty on $100 (the product's MFN base rate + the 10% Section 122 surcharge — ≈$10 for an MFN-free item; expires 2026-07-24). | Easyship advertises store integrations (incl. Etsy) — order and tracking sync; the exact status of the Etsy connector for ES accounts has not been re-verified (help behind Cloudflare). | verified 2026-07-15 |
| Zonos (a tool, not a carrier) Zonos Landed Cost (+ Hello/Checkout) — landed cost calculation and guarantee | Zonos calculates duties/taxes/fees and sets up DDP billing, but physically «DDP is the equivalent of a billing option… duties, taxes, and any clearance fees billed back to themselves from the carrier after the package has been delivered» — i.e. the charge goes through the seller's carrier account (the DTP options of DHL/UPS/FedEx). Not applicable to the Etsy process (Etsy does not allow third-party checkout); for Shopify/your own site — a plugin/API. | Self-serve subscription/API + your own courier account with DDP billing. Etsy orders cannot be run through Zonos; Etsy provides its own «US tariff estimator» in Shop Manager (beta). A Zonos subscription + a carrier account; for a micro-seller this is an extra cost for the same DTP mechanism | Subscription/fee for calculations + the same courier DTP fees; Zonos itself does not provide shipping rates. | No (only Shopify/your own site). Useless for Etsy orders. | verified 2026-07-15 |
| FedEx (España) International Priority / International Connect Plus + «Facturar al remitente» (Bill Sender duties & taxes) | Courier DDP: on the air waybill the sender ticks «Facturar al remitente» for the aranceles — otherwise «los aranceles e impuestos se cobrarán al destinatario de forma predeterminada». FedEx pays the duties in the US and bills them to the sender's FedEx account plus a fee for advancing them. ⚠️ Verified correction: The mechanism is confirmed (15.07.2026, via the fedex.com search index — the domain itself returns a system error to any fetch): «Los aranceles e impuestos se cobrarán al destinatario de forma predeterminada, a menos que el remitente marque la opción 'Facturar al remitente'»; FICP supports DDP; a FedEx account is opened online free of charge (a card is required, a temporary €1 hold). TWO DIFFERENT FEES SEPARATED (verification of 19.07.2026). FedEx charges either the Disbursement Fee or the Duty and Tax Forwarding Fee, depending on WHERE the duty payer sits. Verbatim from fedex.com: «Disbursement Fee (applies to duty and tax payors) or Duty and Tax Forwarding Fee (applies to duties and taxes invoiced to third-party payors outside the destination country/territory)»; «If a shipper uses a third-party billing service in which duties and taxes are paid outside of the destination country, they will be charged a Duty and Tax Forwarding Fee instead». A seller who bills US duties to their own non-US account (Bill Sender) is a payer OUTSIDE the destination country, so their charge is the Duty and Tax Forwarding Fee: from 05.01.2026 the greater of $15 or 2% of duty/tax/MPF at a customs value of ≤$800; the greater of $29 or 2% above $800. The Disbursement Fee (from 20.07.2026 the greater of $17,50 or 2,5%; previously $15 or 2%) covers the case where the duties are collected from the recipient in the US, i.e. DDU/DAP, not our scenario. Indirect confirmation of the split: UPS follows exactly the same logic — its Duty and Tax Forwarding Charge is billed precisely when the sender pays the duties (already recorded in the matrix for ES/IT/PL/FR/JP). Separately: «2,5% or €15» is the Disbursement Fee for shipments DESTINED FOR THE EU («applies to all shipments destined to European Union member states», it does not apply intra-EU); it has no bearing on US-bound routes at all. OPEN QUESTION: FedEx Japan announced a revision of both fee families from 20.07.2026, but no new forwarding fee amount has been published anywhere; fedex.com itself blocks all automated fetches (403/error page), so the figures come from secondary sources (Reveel, LJM) and from fedex.com wording via the search index. Manual verification against the logged-in rate sheet — HT-12. Plus the origin charge «U.S. Inbound Processing Fee» of €2,40/shipment from 12.01.2026 (for FICP — €0,90); the date 12.01.2026 refers to the European ancillary updates, not to the US fees. | Free FedEx account online (fedex.com/es-es); when creating a shipment, enter your own account in the «Bill duties/taxes to» field. A contract is not required. Free FedEx account (the account number as the payer of duties); commercial invoice. Note: if the recipient refuses to pay (in a DDU scenario), «el remitente es, en última instancia, responsable» — the liability lies with the seller in any case. | Transport 0.5 kg ES→US — via the fedex.com calculator (no public fixed figure was found; see gaps) + Duty and Tax Forwarding Fee (since 2026-01-05: the greater of $15 or 2% of duty/tax/MPF at a customs value of ≤$800; the greater of $29 or 2% above $800) + €2,40 U.S. Inbound Processing Fee (€0,90 on FICP) + the duty on $100 to the account — the product's MFN base rate + the 10% Section 122 surcharge (≈$10 for an MFN-free item; expires 2026-07-24). | Yes, manually; FedEx is on Etsy's official list of DDP carriers. | verified* 2026-07-19 |
| Spring GDS Spain (a PostNL subsidiary) Postal DDP (PDDP) via PostNL + USPS; for >$800 — Commercial DDP | PDDP: US duties and taxes are calculated and paid in advance («derechos e impuestos se paguen por adelantado. Así, no hay sorpresas en la entrega»), clearance and last mile via USPS; the duties are billed by Spring to the seller's account. Calculation at IEEPA rates based on value and country of origin. Commercial DDP is Spring's commercial channel for >$800. ⚠️ Verified correction: The route was confirmed on 15.07.2026: both Spring pages are live («derechos e impuestos se paguen por adelantado», «Entrega de confianza con USPS», PDDP ≤$800 (≈680€), Commercial DDP for >$800, up to 20 kg), PDDP launched in early October 2025 through a direct PostNL–USPS agreement (ecommerce-news.es, 04.11.2025). The threshold «empresas e-commerce que envían más de 100 paquetes al mes» is confirmed — the route is indeed unavailable to a micro-seller at 5–100 parcels/month, and the claim states this honestly. ERROR in a detail: «calculation at IEEPA rates» is out of date — the IEEPA tariffs were struck down by the Supreme Court on 20.02.2026 and terminated as of 24.02.2026; since 24.02.2026 the Section 122 «temporary import surcharge» of 10% ad valorem has been in effect on top of the product's MFN base rate (an announced increase to 15% was never enacted by proclamation — the rate stayed at 10%), expiring on 24.07.2026 without an extension from Congress; from 24.07.2026 postal parcels move to CBP's new informal entry process with ad valorem duties per the HTSUS. | B2B onboarding via sales (get-in-touch); there is a Shopify app «Spring GDS: Global Shipping». IMPORTANT: those who qualify are «empresas que envían más de 100 paquetes mensuales» — the threshold cuts off most micro-sellers (5-100 parcels/month). >100 parcels/month; product description, 10-digit HS code, country of origin, value. Prohibited: dangerous goods, food, built-in batteries. | Not published (presupuesto personalizado). | Manually/via Shopify; there is no direct integration with Etsy. | verified* 2026-07-15 |
What does NOT work from Spain (11)
- Etsy Shipping Labels — NOT AVAILABLE to sellers in Spain: labels inside Etsy exist only for the US, Canada, UK, Australia («Etsy offers shipping labels for sellers in Australia, Canada, the UK, and the US»); a built-in DDP label (like Royal Mail International Tracked DDP for the UK) does not exist for ES — source: https://help.etsy.com/hc/en-us/articles/360001967188-How-to-Purchase-Shipping-Labels-on-Etsy (snippet, verified 2026-07-15) + https://iscompliant.app/Blog/etsy-ddp-shipping-mandate
- Packlink / Packlink PRO (official Etsy shipping partner for Spain, Auctane) — NO DDP to the US: the official help page is unambiguous: «en envíos internacionales fuera de la UE, los gastos de aduana deberán ser pagados por el destinatario», and if the recipient refuses, the costs are re-billed to the sender; there is no option on the platform to prepay US duties — source: https://support.packlink.com/hc/es-es/articles/208492155 (verified 2026-07-15). The paradox: the Etsy-recommended partner for ES does not make it possible to meet Etsy's DDP requirement
- SEUR (Geopost/DPD Spain) — NO public DDP to the US: the «Condiciones Generales para Envíos Internacionales» describe only DAP for non-EU («Transporte pagado hasta domicilio destinatario excl. las formalidades aduaneras en destino»), a DDP option is not documented in the offer; Geopost has a «Duties API» (backoffice-tax.dpd.com), but no public self-serve DDP service from ES was found — source: https://www.seur.com/es/empresas/servicios-disponibles/transporte-internacional/condiciones-generales-para-envios-internacionales/ (verified 2026-07-15)
- Correos Express (Correos group) — NO DDP option in the public offer: the Internacional Express page only warns about the removal of de minimis («todos los envíos… sujetos a derechos e impuestos») and provides no mechanism for prepaying duties; for small parcels they advise taking them to Correos offices — source: https://www.correosexpress.es/es/particulares/enviar/internacionales/internacional-express (verified 2026-07-15)
- Sendcloud (aggregator, operates in ES) — NO DDP on Sendcloud rates: «By default, all international shipments use the Incoterm DAP», «The Incoterm DDP is only available with a direct contract» — i.e. only if the seller connects their OWN courier contract with DTP; DDP cannot be bought on Sendcloud rates — source: https://support.sendcloud.com/hc/en-us/articles/360024842992 (snippet, page behind Cloudflare; verified 2026-07-15)
- Shippo from Spain — NO own rates at all (and no DDP either): «For shipments originating within Spain, merchants must connect their own DHL Express, FedEx, or UPS account», Correos disabled as of 15.06.2026 — Shippo is only an interface to your carrier account — source: https://support.goshippo.com/hc/en-us/articles/205142315 (snippet, verified 2026-07-15)
- ShipStation (ES) — does NOT work as a standalone DDP channel: the built-in ES couriers (SEUR, Correos Express, Correos) do not provide DDP to the US; the «Bill International Duties to Payor of Shipping Charges (DDP)» function works only with your own UPS/FedEx/DHL account — sources: https://help.shipengine.com/hc/en-us/articles/39236354266651--ShipStation-API-Carriers-Spain and https://help.shipstation.com/hc/en-us/articles/4401816013595 (verified 2026-07-15)
- Landmark Global (bpost) — NOT AVAILABLE to a micro-seller: «tailored pricing models designed for high-volume e-commerce businesses», onboarding only through sales onboarding (~2 weeks), no self-serve; their postal DDP (with IPC and Zonos) is for contract customers — source: https://landmarkglobal.com/eu/en/ (verified 2026-07-15)
- PostNL Cross-Border directly from ES — there is NO public self-serve channel for Spanish micro-shippers; PostNL capacity out of Spain is sold through its subsidiary Spring GDS Spain, and there the threshold is >100 parcels/month (see routes) — source: https://www.spring-gds.com/es/envios-ecommerce-a-eeuu-desde-espana/ (verified 2026-07-15)
- Spring GDS Spain for the 5-100 parcels/month segment — effectively NOT AVAILABLE: the official qualification threshold is «more than 100 parcels/month» (the route is included in routes for the upper bound of the segment) — source: https://www.spring-gds.com/es/envios-ecommerce-a-eeuu-desde-espana/ (verified 2026-07-15)
- UPS retail without an account (card payment on ups.com) — DDP IS IMPOSSIBLE: «Si no realizas ninguna selección, el destinatario se hará cargo de los derechos de aduana e impuestos»; to bill duties to yourself «Es imprescindible tener una cuenta de seis dígitos con UPS» — source: https://www.ups.com/assets/resources/webcontent/es_ES/UPS_Payment_Options.pdf (verified 2026-07-15). Same for DHL Express: guest shipments without an account — no DTP (https://mydhl.express.dhl/es/es/help-and-support/customs-clearance-advice/duties-and-taxes.html)
Context (verified): the $800 de minimis was revoked by Executive Order 14324 as of 29.08.2025 — all commercial parcels to the US are dutiable; Correos suspended acceptance 25.08-03.10.2025, then resumed with duty collection at origin; the rate = the product's MFN base rate (0% for many handmade categories) + the 10% Section 122 ad valorem surcharge, i.e. about $10 per $100 on an MFN-free item; the surcharge expires 2026-07-24. Etsy: from 09.07.2026 DDP is mandatory for non-US sellers — without DDP an order loses Purchase Protection, and duties refunded to the buyer are deducted from the seller (sources: valueaddedresource.net/etsy-requires-ddp-shipping-us-tariffs, novadata.io, iscompliant.app; the Etsy article itself returns 403). Practical conclusion for a micro-seller in ES: (1) cheap channel — Correos with duties paid at the time of shipping (the $800 limit; formally this is the only genuinely retail DDP); (2) fast channel — a free DHL Express account («Pagos de Impuestos» 2%/min 17 €), UPS («Gratis a domicilio», +22,85 €) or FedEx (Bill sender, Duty and Tax Forwarding Fee: the greater of $15 or 2% at a customs value of ≤$800, the greater of $29 or 2% above $800) — in all three the duties are billed to the seller's account after the fact; (3) aggregators: Easyship is the only one with potential self-serve DDP from ES, Sendcloud/Shippo/ShipStation only as an interface to your own carrier account, Packlink (an Etsy partner!) does not provide DDP; (4) consolidators (Asendia, Spring GDS/PostNL, Landmark) are contract-based, Spring's threshold is >100 parcels/month. The distinction is recorded: Correos/Asendia/Spring = prepaid DDP (the duty is collected before/at the time of shipping), the couriers DHL/UPS/FedEx = DTP billing to the account after the fact (also DDP: the buyer pays nothing), Zonos = calculation only (the charge still goes through the carrier account). All verification dates — 2026-07-15.
Italy
New to this? Read the full walk-through: selling from Italy to the US.
| Carrier / service | How duties get paid | How to get access | Cost hint (0.5 kg / $100) | Etsy fit | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Poste Italiane Servizio Gestione Dazi (USA) on top of Poste Delivery Business International Standard/Plus (business) and Poste Delivery International Standard/Express/Globe, Posteminibox Exprès (retail/online) | True DDP in the postal channel: the customer grants Poste a «mandato senza rappresentanza»; duties are calculated «così come accertati da CBP» via a «Soggetto Accreditato» (a qualified party with U.S. CBP) and are paid BEFORE the parcel enters the USA. The sender pays Poste the duties (fuori campo IVA) + €1,00+IVA (€1,22) for the service. Business — after-the-fact invoicing under the PDB contract (a bank guarantee may be required, art. 3.3 CGS); retail/online — payment on acceptance. For goods of EU origin Poste states a «regime forfettario pari al 10% del valore della merce» (IEEPA). The recipient in the USA pays nothing. | Retail: any Ufficio Postale (from 23.02.2026) or online via Poste Delivery Web (from 01.12.2025) — no contract. Micro-business: signing the Poste Delivery Business offer (P.IVA required) through the commercial network / the business portal business.poste.it; there is an online channel, Poste Delivery Web Business. Retail: none. Business: P.IVA + an annual PDB contract (terminable without penalties); no published minimum volumes; Poste may request a bank/insurance guarantee to cover the duties. | PDB International Standard: USA = Zona 7 (monocollo B2C/B2B), 1 kg = €38,94 netto IVA per the RIC B2B listino, ed. 08.2021 (no 0,5 kg tier; the listino is outdated) + duties ~10% (≈€9 on $100) + €1,22 ⇒ indicative ~€49–55. Retail Poste Delivery International Standard: «da €25,80» + duties + €1,22 (the US rate is not published online). | Yes: the label is bought outside Etsy, tracking is entered manually or via an integrator (Sendcloud has Poste Delivery Business contract activation); it meets Etsy's DDP requirement of 09.07.2026, since the duties are prepaid and the buyer pays nothing. | verified 2026-07-15 |
| Zonos Zonos Landed Cost (Landed Cost Guarantee) on top of your own DHL/FedEx/UPS carrier accounts | A DDP wrapper: Zonos calculates landed cost (200+ countries); under DDP «duties and taxes are billed to Zonos, not your customer» — Zonos becomes the payer on the carrier's invoices and remits the duties; the calculation is guaranteed («If customs charges more than we quoted, we pay the difference»). Works with your own DHL/FedEx/UPS rates. Price: $2 per order + 10% of duty & tax, no subscription fee (pay-per-use). | Self-service sign-up; connecting your own carrier account; integrations with Shopify (the «Zonos Duty and Tax» app), BigCommerce, WooCommerce, API. There is no direct Etsy integration — for Etsy, Zonos works only as the engine behind the built-in US tariffs calculator. A Zonos account + your own carrier account; no minimum volumes. | $2 + 10%×duty (for $100/10% ≈ $1) ≈ $3 per order on top of freight and duties. | Indirectly: the duty calculator in Etsy listings is «powered by Zonos», but Zonos does not issue labels or handle remittance for Etsy orders — this stack is relevant for Shopify/your own website. | verified 2026-07-15 |
| Asendia (La Poste + Swiss Post) e-PAQ Customs Prepaid: e-PAQ Select DDP and e-PAQ Plus PDDP | Consolidator DDP: «Asendia calculates and pays duties in advance of delivery»; under DDP «duties and taxes are invoiced back to the shipper», and the seller builds them into the price. There are operations in Italy (offices in 17 countries, including Italy, + a fulfilment centre). | A B2B contract via Asendia Italy (application/account manager); there is no self-serve onboarding and no public rates. A contract; minimum volumes are not published — for 5–100 parcels/month availability is questionable. | Not published (on request); + duties ~10% prepaid. | Technically yes (labels outside Etsy, tracking manually/via platforms), but the integration depends on the connection. | verified 2026-07-15 |
| Easyship Duties & Taxes prepaid (DDP) when buying the label — eligible couriers only | When DDP is selected, only couriers that support prepaid duties are shown; «couriers charge an additional DDP Handling Fee for covering import fees on your behalf» — the duties are collected through Easyship/courier billing. The mechanism is confirmed by the documentation, but Italy as an origin and the list of eligible couriers from IT are not confirmed (the help centre is closed to bots). | Sign up with Easyship (there is a free plan), an Etsy integration exists; for IT you will probably need your own carrier account — Easyship Rates from Italy are not confirmed. An account; for DDP — an eligible courier; the details for IT are unknown. | Not confirmed for IT (the courier's DDP Handling Fee + freight + duties). | An Etsy integration is advertised. | verified 2026-07-15 |
| DHL Express (Italy) DHL Express Worldwide + the «Duty Tax Paid» (DTP) billing service | DDP via billing to an account: DHL advances the duties to CBP on import into the USA and re-bills them to the sender's DHL account; the supplement is «Duty Tax Paid — 2% su dazio e IVA, minimo 18 €» (Guida ai Servizi e alle Tariffe 2026). Condition: «DHL Express può fatturare eventuali dazi e tasse... al mittente o a terza parte purché abbonati con DHL» — an account is required; the duty payer is chosen in MyDHL+ when creating the shipment. ⚠️ Verified correction: The substance of the route is correct and was re-checked verbatim: the Guida ai Servizi e alle Tariffe 2026 (PDF downloaded and parsed 2026-07-15) contains «Duty Tax Paid — % su dazio e IVA — 2% su dazio e iva, minimo 18 €» and «DHL può fatturare eventuali dazi e tasse da pagare a destino al mittente o a una terza parte, invece che al destinatario»; the full quote with «al mittente o a terza parte purché abbonati con DHL» is confirmed on the official portal dhlpro.com (search «Oneri doganali»); the account requirement is also confirmed by dhl.de: DTP «Only possible with a DHL Express account/account number». BUT source_url https://mydhl-pst.express.dhl/tm/en/help-center/online-help-faqs/duties-and-taxes.html is a pre-production/staging host and returns HTTP 403 (checked 2026-07-15); the guide should use the production equivalent on mydhl.express.dhl or pages on dhl.com. | Open a DHL Express Italy business account (P.IVA) and ship via MyDHL+; a one-off card-paid shipment without an account does not offer the DTP option. Also available via aggregators (Sendcloud/ShippyPro) when your own DHL contract is connected. A DHL Express account (abbonato); no published minimum volumes. | 2026 list price, Express Worldwide 0,5 kg: €47,21–70,32 depending on the zone (Zona 6 = €49,80; the US zone is not confirmed in the public zone table) + the fuel and other supplements + duties ~€9 (10% of $100) + DTP €18 ⇒ indicative ~€80–100 at list price; noticeably lower with contract discounts. | Yes: Etsy explicitly names partners with DDP; the label is created via MyDHL+/an aggregator, tracking is entered in Etsy manually or via an integration. | verified* 2026-07-15 |
| UPS (Italy) UPS Worldwide Saver/Express + payment option «Free Domicile» (bill duties & taxes to shipper) | DDP via billing to an account: when creating the label you select «Debit my account for customs duties and taxes» (Free Domicile, corresponds to Incoterm DDP); the UPS broker in the USA clears customs and the duties are billed to the sender's account in IT. The charge «Duty and Tax Forwarding Charge — €22,75 per shipment» («when the payer of duties and taxes is not located in the destination country»). «A valid UPS six-digit account number» is required. ⚠️ Verified correction: The mechanics are correct (UPS_Payment_Options.pdf, checked verbatim 2026-07-15: Free domicile = the shipper pays freight+duties+taxes, the option «Debit my account for customs duties and taxes*», footnote «*A valid UPS six-digit account number»), but the charge is outdated: €22,75 is taken from the ~July 2024 edition of additional-service-charge-it.pdf (the URL is live but serves the old revision); in the «Guida dei servizi UPS 2026» for Italy the same charge («when the party paying duties and VAT is not located in the destination country») is €24,70 per shipment. The third URL (ups.com/us/en/.../import-fees) exists in the index, but consistently times out on automated checks — verify manually. | Free registration of a UPS account (payment account) at ups.com; the option is selected in online shipping/WorldShip. No contract volumes. Also via Sendcloud/ShippyPro with your own UPS contract. A UPS account (6-digit number); for third-party billing outside the destination country — a company with VAT/EORI; no minimum volumes. | Freight per the ups.com calculator (the retail 0,5 kg IT→US rate is not published in an open PDF) + duties ~€9 (10% of $100) + Duty and Tax Forwarding €24,70. | Yes: Etsy names UPS among its DDP partners; the label is created outside Etsy, tracking manually/via integrations. | verified* 2026-07-15 |
| FedEx (Italy) FedEx International Priority/Connect Plus + billing option «Bill duties/taxes to sender» | DDP via billing to an account: when creating the shipment the duties/taxes payer is set to Sender; FedEx advances the duties to CBP and re-bills the sender. The Duty and Tax Forwarding Fee applies (US, from 05.01.2026): customs value ≤$800 — «greater of $15 or 2% of duty, tax, and merchandise processing charges»; >$800 — «greater of $29 or 2%». ⚠️ Verified correction: A date error: the Supply Chain Dive article is dated 14.04.2025 and describes the $8,50 minimum from 2 May 2025 (not 2026); that rate was superseded long ago — from 05.01.2026 $15/2% (≤$800) and $29/2% (>$800) are in effect, confirmed by Reveel (published 01.04.2026) and by snippets of the official surcharge_and_fee_changes_2026.pdf; remove the phrase about «reduced to $8,50 from 02.05.2026» from the guide. TWO DIFFERENT FEES SEPARATED (verification of 19.07.2026). FedEx charges either the Disbursement Fee or the Duty and Tax Forwarding Fee, depending on WHERE the duty payer sits. Verbatim from fedex.com: «Disbursement Fee (applies to duty and tax payors) or Duty and Tax Forwarding Fee (applies to duties and taxes invoiced to third-party payors outside the destination country/territory)»; «If a shipper uses a third-party billing service in which duties and taxes are paid outside of the destination country, they will be charged a Duty and Tax Forwarding Fee instead». A seller who bills US duties to their own non-US account (Bill Sender) is a payer OUTSIDE the destination country, so their charge is the Duty and Tax Forwarding Fee: from 05.01.2026 the greater of $15 or 2% of duty/tax/MPF at a customs value of ≤$800; the greater of $29 or 2% above $800. The Disbursement Fee (from 20.07.2026 the greater of $17,50 or 2,5%; previously $15 or 2%) covers the case where the duties are collected from the recipient in the US, i.e. DDU/DAP, not our scenario. Indirect confirmation of the split: UPS follows exactly the same logic — its Duty and Tax Forwarding Charge is billed precisely when the sender pays the duties (already recorded in the matrix for ES/IT/PL/FR/JP). Separately: «2,5% or €15» is the Disbursement Fee for shipments DESTINED FOR THE EU («applies to all shipments destined to European Union member states», it does not apply intra-EU); it has no bearing on US-bound routes at all. OPEN QUESTION: FedEx Japan announced a revision of both fee families from 20.07.2026, but no new forwarding fee amount has been published anywhere; fedex.com itself blocks all automated fetches (403/error page), so the figures come from secondary sources (Reveel, LJM) and from fedex.com wording via the search index. Manual verification against the logged-in rate sheet — HT-12. Italy is the reference case here: this matrix row was the one naming the fee correctly, whereas ES/PL/JP quoted the Disbursement Fee. Separately: FedEx International Connect Plus is a contract service («consult with your FedEx sales account executive... to establish a contract»), not available on a freshly opened free account without prior arrangement; a micro-seller without a contract has access to International Priority. The billing mechanics are confirmed by the FedEx FAQ: on the AWB you select shipper/recipient/third party, «Bill sender means charges billed to the FedEx account holder who exported the shipment». | Free opening of a FedEx account, shipping via FedEx Ship Manager; the «sender pays duties and taxes» option in billing. Also via aggregators with your own FedEx contract. A FedEx account; no minimum volumes. | Freight per the fedex.com calculator (the retail 0,5 kg rate could not be verified — the site is unavailable to bots) + duties ~€9 + Duty and Tax Forwarding Fee (since 2026-01-05: the greater of $15 or 2% of duty/tax/MPF at a customs value of ≤$800; the greater of $29 or 2% above $800). | Yes: Etsy names FedEx among its DDP partners. | verified* 2026-07-19 |
| Spring GDS (PostNL) Postal DDP (PDDP) to the USA; Commercial DDP for parcels worth more than $800 | True postal DDP: a direct PostNL–USPS agreement; the duties are «calculated based on product value and country-of-origin tariffs under the IEEPA framework» and are prepaid before entry into the USA; last mile — USPS (incl. Alaska/Hawaii/territories). For >$800 — Commercial DDP via third-party providers. ⚠️ Verified correction: The service itself is confirmed (parcelandpostaltechnologyinternational.com, 30.10.2025: direct PostNL–USPS agreement, «duties are calculated based on product value and country-of-origin tariffs under the IEEPA framework», prepayment before entry, USPS last mile incl. Hawaii/Alaska/Puerto Rico; Commercial DDP >$800 via third-party providers; the free Shopify app launched 17.10.2025, integrations with eBay/Etsy/WooCommerce/Magento/PrestaShop/Wix). Two corrections to how_to_access: (a) official confirmation of availability from Italy DOES exist — the dedicated Spring GDS Italy page «Spedizioni e-commerce verso gli Stati Uniti» explicitly offers Postal DDP from Italy (limit $800/~680€, up to 20 kg), so the statement «there is no official confirmation...» is wrong; (b) critical for a micro-seller: that same page requires «almeno 100 pacchi al mese», while the Spring GDS Italia FAQ requires «almeno 1000/1200 spedizioni l'anno» for a business contract, i.e. for sellers with 5–99 parcels/month the route is effectively unavailable (only the upper end of the range qualifies). | A B2B contract with Spring GDS (application via the website); there is a free app «Spring GDS: Global Shipping» (Shopify App Store) with integrations for Etsy, eBay, WooCommerce and others. Presence in Italy is confirmed by the Italian trade press; there is no official confirmation that PDDP is available specifically from IT. A business contract; minimum volumes are not published (Spring targets e-commerce SMBs: «lightweight, high-frequency items»). | Rates are not published (contract-based) + duties ~10% prepaid; the PDDP service fee is not disclosed. | Yes: the Spring GDS app advertises an integration with Etsy and «Offer DDP shipping to avoid surprise duties». | verified* 2026-07-15 |
| Sendcloud / ShippyPro (label aggregators, operating in IT) Labels with Incoterm DDP via YOUR OWN carrier contract (DHL Express/UPS/FedEx with DTP enabled) | The aggregator passes a DDP/Third-Party billing flag to the carrier's API so that the duties are billed to the seller's carrier account (ShippyPro: «signaling shipments as DDP or TP in carrier APIs, so DHL/FedEx know to bill you»). Sendcloud Help (updated 29.01.2026): «the Incoterm DDP is only available with a direct contract»; on Sendcloud's own rates — DAP only. ⚠️ Verified correction: The mechanics are confirmed: ShippyPro blog (25.01.2026): «ShippyPro segnala la spedizione come "DDP" o "TP" (Third Party Billing) nelle API del corriere»; Sendcloud Help: «The Incoterm DDP is only available with a direct contract», DAP by default; both have Etsy integrations; an article about connecting a Poste Delivery Business contract in Sendcloud exists. BUT the «free/starter plan» is half wrong: with Sendcloud, YOUR OWN carrier contract can be connected only on the paid Lite/Growth/Premium plans (Lite ~€35–38/month; the Free plan = 20 parcels/month on Sendcloud's rates only, i.e. DAP only); ShippyPro has no free plan at all — only a 14-day trial (30 labels), after which Professional starts at €199/month (€159/month when paid annually, up to 2000 labels, up to 5 carrier contracts) — for a micro-seller with 5–100 parcels/month that is a substantial threshold. The stated update date of the Sendcloud article (29.01.2026) cannot be verified: support.sendcloud.com returns 403 to bots (the quote is confirmed via search snippets). | A free/starter plan on Sendcloud or ShippyPro → connect your own DHL/UPS/FedEx contract (and/or Poste Delivery Business) → enable DDP for US shipments. Both platforms have an integration with Etsy (order import, automatic tracking). Your own carrier account with DTP entitlement; a P.IVA for the carrier contracts. | The aggregator's subscription (from €0) + freight under your own contract + duties + the carrier's DTP charge (€18 DHL / €22,75 UPS / from $8,50–15 FedEx). | Yes — both have direct Etsy integrations; it satisfies Etsy's DDP requirement provided carrier DTP is in place. | verified* 2026-07-15 |
What does NOT work from Italy (8)
- Etsy Shipping Labels — NOT AVAILABLE to sellers from Italy: labels can be bought only by US, Canada, UK, Australia sellers. An Italian seller cannot buy a DDP label inside Etsy and must use an external carrier with DDP. Sources: https://help.etsy.com/hc/en-us/articles/360001967188-How-to-Purchase-Shipping-Labels-on-Etsy (the page is closed to bots, the list of countries is from search results, 2026-07-15) + https://iscompliant.app/Blog/etsy-ddp-shipping-mandate (2026-07-15: Etsy names the external DDP partners UPS/FedEx, and for the UK — Royal Mail International Tracked DDP).
- BRT (Bartolini/Geopost) — NO for a micro-seller: shipping to the USA exists only under a direct BRT contract (via the partnership with FedEx for air lanes), there are no one-off/retail shipments to the USA, «spedire in America... stipulando un contratto con BRT, contattando un referente commerciale»; DDP «only with a direct contract» (per Sendcloud help on BRT). Sources: https://www.brt.it/it/spedizioni-internazionali/spedire-nel-mondo/spedire-un-pacco-in-america/ (the page returned 403 on checking, data from search results 2026-07-15); https://support.sendcloud.com/hc/en-us/articles/360044948452-BRT-Bartolini-shipping-conditions (2026-07-15, snippet).
- Packlink / Packlink PRO — there is NO DDP as a standard option: «duties are never included in the price», the recipient pays, and if they refuse the amount is charged to whoever ordered the label; the help article on de minimis mentions that «when a prepayment option is available, it is shown at purchase» — which services, and whether from IT to the USA, could not be confirmed (Zendesk 403). Sources: https://support.packlink.com/hc/it/articles/208492155 (snippet, 2026-07-15); https://www.packlink.it/consigli-utili/spedizioni-usa-tasse-doganali/ (2026-07-15 — the prepayment option is not mentioned).
- Shippo — NO from Italy: «For Italy, Shippo supports outbound shipments to domestic destinations only»; international labels from IT — only by connecting your own DHL/UPS/FedEx account (i.e. Shippo itself does not provide a DDP route from IT). Source: https://support.goshippo.com/hc/en-us/articles/205142315-Shipping-within-Countries-other-than-the-United-States (2026-07-15, snippet).
- ShipStation — NO from Italy: the supported origin countries are US, Canada, UK, Australia, New Zealand, France, Germany; Italy is not supported as an origin. Source: https://help.shipstation.com/hc/en-us/articles/360026157991-International-Shipping-with-ShipStation + the community thread «Shipping from Italy» (2026-07-15, snippets).
- Landmark Global (bpost) — NOT AVAILABLE to a micro-seller: DDP to the USA exists (a new postal DDP with IPC and Zonos + commercial DDP B2C/B2B2C), but only under an enterprise contract; there is no self-serve sign-up and no public rates; it is aimed at large retailers. Sources: https://landmarkglobal.com/eu/en/news-insights/exploring-us-cross-border-e-commerce-shipping/ (2026-07-15); https://landmarkglobal.com/eu/en/ (2026-07-15).
- DHL Express without an account (one-off card-paid shipment / retail channels) — DTP NOT AVAILABLE: billing the duties to the sender is possible «purché abbonati con DHL» (only for account holders); a one-off sender without an account cannot choose «bill the duties to me». Sources: https://dhlpro.com/ricerca/?query=Oneri+doganali; https://mydhl-pst.express.dhl/tm/en/help-center/online-help-faqs/duties-and-taxes.html (2026-07-15).
- UPS/FedEx retail channel without an account number — DDP billing NOT AVAILABLE: «Debit my account for customs duties and taxes» requires «a valid UPS six-digit account number» (UPS Payment Options, ©2023); with FedEx, choosing «bill sender» also requires an account. Accounts are free, but the step is mandatory. Source: https://www.ups.com/assets/resources/webcontent/en_GB/UPS_Payment_Options.pdf.
The context is confirmed by primary sources: (1) EO 14324 of 30.07.2025 — the $800 de minimis was abolished from 29.08.2025 (https://www.help.cbp.gov/s/article/Article-1919; https://www.poste.it/servizio-gestione-dazi). (2) The transitional «postal» flat fee of $80–200 was in effect only until 28.02.2026, after which it is exclusively ad valorem (https://clearitusa.com/postal-vs-commercial-shipments-after-de-minimis-suspension/, checked 2026-07-15), which is why all postal DDP solutions (Poste Gestione Dazi, Spring PDDP, Asendia PDDP) calculate the duty from the value and the origin (for the EU the reference point is 10% IEEPA — that is what Poste publishes). (3) Etsy: announcement on 09.06.2026 (VP James Ossman); from 09.07.2026 DDP is mandatory for US orders of non-US sellers, under threat of losing Purchase Protection and being charged for duty reimbursements to buyers; the built-in US tariffs calculator runs on Zonos (https://www.valueaddedresource.net/etsy-requires-ddp-shipping-us-tariffs/; https://www.etsy.com/seller-handbook/article/navigating-evolving-global-tariff-policies/1355662653395 — the page itself returns 403 to bots). Practical conclusion for a micro-seller from IT: the cheapest DDP is Poste Italiane Servizio Gestione Dazi (a fee of just €1,22, available even at a post office without a contract; the downside — postal transit times and an outdated public listino); the most manageable is a DHL Express account with DTP (charge €18 min) or UPS Free Domicile (€22,75), on top of which Sendcloud/ShippyPro provide Etsy automation; FedEx is similar (minimum charge from 02.05.2026 — $8,50 for ≤$800). Spring GDS PDDP — potentially the best price balance (USPS last mile) if you are prepared to sign a contract. Zonos Landed Cost ($2+10% duty) — a guarantee/remittance for the Shopify channel, but not for Etsy labels. The distinction has been drawn honestly: «displaying landed cost at checkout» without remittance (for example, mere calculators) was not counted as a DDP route.
Poland
New to this? Read the full walk-through: selling from Poland to the US.
| Carrier / service | How duties get paid | How to get access | Cost hint (0.5 kg / $100) | Etsy fit | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DHL Express (Polska) DHL Express Worldwide + the “Duty Tax Paid” billing service (DTP; in the PL Cennik: “Usługi fakturowania należności celnych — Duty Tax Paid”) | Post-factum billing to the seller's account: when creating the label in MyDHL+, the duty payer “shipper” (DTP) is selected. DHL advances the US duties/fees at clearance and invoices them to the contracting party's DHL account in PL + the DTP service fee: 2% of the duties/taxes amount, minimum 72 PLN (official Cennik 2026). A guest (a one-off shipment without an account) CANNOT select DTP — the recipient pays the duties. | Free DHL Express business account (registration for companies with a NIP via dhlexpress.pl, an account manager the same day; discounts up to 65% off list). Retail one-off shipping (ShipNow) does not give DDP. Registered business (NIP); no minimum volumes and no contractual volume commitments; a 6+ digit HS code and country of origin are mandatory for the US. | 2026 list price (no discounts): a 0,5 kg goods parcel to the US (zone 5) = 596 PLN + fuel surcharge; DTP fee = max(72 PLN; 2% of duties); US duty on a $100 item from the EU = the MFN base rate for its HS code (0% for many handmade categories) + the 10% Section 122 surcharge, i.e. ~$10 on an MFN-free item; the surcharge expires 2026-07-24. Total list benchmark ~700–750 PLN; with business discounts substantially lower (up to -65%). | Yes: Etsy officially names express carriers with DDP options; integration via Sendcloud (an official Etsy partner) or manually (tracking number into the order). The DTP label satisfies the Etsy requirement of 09.07.2026. | verified 2026-07-15 |
| UPS (Polska) UPS Worldwide Saver / Worldwide Expedited + “Bill duties and taxes to shipper” billing (DDP) + “Duty and Tax Forwarding Charge” | Post-factum billing to the seller's payment account: when creating the label on ups.com, the duty payer = shipper (DDP) is selected. UPS advances the US duties and invoices them to the account + the “Duty and Tax Forwarding Charge” fee (the duty payer is outside the destination country): 100,55 PLN per shipment (PL additional services price list, rev. 07/2024); in the 2026 price list — 107,50 PLN. | Free UPS account (“Załóż bezpłatne konto i numer klienta UPS”, discounts up to ~10% straight away), with no contract and no minimum volumes; duty payer selection is available once a payment account has been opened. Free account registration (for DDP — a UPS payment account); HS code and origin data for the US. Note: if UPS cannot collect from the recipient under DDU, the risk still sits with the shipper — DDP covers this. | Freight for 0,5 kg PL→US — only via the ups.com calculator (there is no public list, gap); + Duty and Tax Forwarding ≈ 100,55–107,50 PLN; + the duty on $100: the MFN base rate for its HS code + the 10% Section 122 surcharge (~$10 on an MFN-free item; expires 2026-07-24). | Yes: UPS is named directly by Etsy in the list of carriers with DDP options; integration via Sendcloud or manually. | verified 2026-07-15 |
| Spring GDS Poland (PostNL Cross-Border) Pocztowe DDP / PDDP (Postal Delivered Duties Paid) — a postal channel with prepaid duties, last mile USPS | Prepaid at dispatch: duties are calculated from the value and the IEEPA/HS rate before dispatch and paid by the seller in advance (“cło opłacone z góry”), full customs clearance included; delivery across the whole of the US incl. Alaska/Hawaii/PR via the PostNL+USPS partnership. | A contract with Spring GDS Poland (request via the form on spring-gds.com/pl) — this is a PostNL subsidiary channel; suitable only for the upper edge of the micro segment: minimum 100 parcels/month. ≥100 parcels/month; weight up to 20 kg; item value ≤ $800 (€680); HS codes and origin are mandatory. | Pricing only on individual request (gap); as a postal consolidator it is usually noticeably cheaper than express couriers at 0,5 kg. | Yes, as a third-party provider: API/platform integrations, tracking is uploaded into Etsy manually/via integrations; the PDDP label meets Etsy's DDP requirement. | verified 2026-07-15 |
| Zonos (not a carrier — duty-tech) Zonos Landed Cost (+ Landed Cost guarantee); also powers the built-in US tariffs calculator in Etsy | Calculation and remittance: Zonos calculates US duties/taxes/fees in real time, guarantees the calculation and itself pays the duty invoices to customs/the carrier after clearance; shipping stays on the seller's DHL/FedEx/UPS labels with duty billing, which Zonos covers. | A Zonos subscription (pricing is not publicly disclosed — gap); integrations: WooCommerce, BigCommerce, Adobe Commerce, Shopify app (Duty & Tax), GraphQL API. Inside Etsy, Zonos is available only as a tariff estimation calculator in the listing form (it does not pay duties on the seller's behalf). Your own website/platform for full Landed Cost; for Etsy — only the built-in estimate; a DHL/FedEx/UPS carrier account. | Not publicly disclosed for a micro plan (gap); + the duty on $100 (the MFN base rate for its HS code + the 10% Section 122 surcharge, ~$10 on an MFN-free item; expires 2026-07-24) and carrier fees. | Partially: in Etsy — only the estimation calculator (powered by Zonos); the full Zonos DDP flow is outside Etsy (Shopify/WooCommerce). | verified 2026-07-15 |
| Shippo Shippo: DDP only via connected own UPS/FedEx/DHL Express accounts | Via an aggregator: there is no DDP on Shippo's master rates; when your own carrier account is connected, US duties are billed to that account (the carrier's mechanism, see the DHL/UPS/FedEx rows). | A free Shippo account + your own carrier accounts; the platform is US-centric, PL origin works via your own accounts (confirmation for PL is limited — gap). Your own UPS/FedEx/DHL Express account. | = the rates of your own carrier contract + the carrier's DDP fees. | There is an Etsy integration, but from 03.02.2026 — limited data exchange (not Packlink/Sendcloud). | verified 2026-07-15 |
| FedEx (Polska) FedEx International Priority / International Connect Plus + the “Pokrywa nadawca” option (Bill Sender — duties & taxes) | Post-factum billing to the seller's account: by default duties are charged to the recipient, but when creating the AWB the shipper ticks “Pokrywa nadawca” — FedEx then clears the goods in the US, advances the duties and issues the seller an invoice “covering all duties, taxes, charges and surcharges” plus a fee for advancing them. ⚠️ Verified correction: The core of the route is correct: the FAQ 'Kto płaci cła i podatki?' (fedex.com/pl-pl) confirms the 'Pokrywa nadawca' option on the AWB (by default the recipient pays); the account is free (fedex.com/pl-pl/open-account.html, phone 801 002 800 confirmed); the Arma Hobby precedent is confirmed verbatim (post of 03.09.2025: 'wysyłki realizujemy wyłącznie kurierem FedEx', DDP, 'ekwiwalent opłaty celnej 15%'). TWO DIFFERENT FEES SEPARATED (verification of 19.07.2026). FedEx charges either the Disbursement Fee or the Duty and Tax Forwarding Fee, depending on WHERE the duty payer sits. Verbatim from fedex.com: «Disbursement Fee (applies to duty and tax payors) or Duty and Tax Forwarding Fee (applies to duties and taxes invoiced to third-party payors outside the destination country/territory)»; «If a shipper uses a third-party billing service in which duties and taxes are paid outside of the destination country, they will be charged a Duty and Tax Forwarding Fee instead». A seller who bills US duties to their own non-US account (Bill Sender) is a payer OUTSIDE the destination country, so their charge is the Duty and Tax Forwarding Fee: from 05.01.2026 the greater of $15 or 2% of duty/tax/MPF at a customs value of ≤$800; the greater of $29 or 2% above $800. The Disbursement Fee (from 20.07.2026 the greater of $17,50 or 2,5%; previously $15 or 2%) covers the case where the duties are collected from the recipient in the US, i.e. DDU/DAP, not our scenario. Indirect confirmation of the split: UPS follows exactly the same logic — its Duty and Tax Forwarding Charge is billed precisely when the sender pays the duties (already recorded in the matrix for ES/IT/PL/FR/JP). Separately: «2,5% or €15» is the Disbursement Fee for shipments DESTINED FOR THE EU («applies to all shipments destined to European Union member states», it does not apply intra-EU); it has no bearing on US-bound routes at all. OPEN QUESTION: FedEx Japan announced a revision of both fee families from 20.07.2026, but no new forwarding fee amount has been published anywhere; fedex.com itself blocks all automated fetches (403/error page), so the figures come from secondary sources (Reveel, LJM) and from fedex.com wording via the search index. Manual verification against the logged-in rate sheet — HT-12. The previous fix to this row («for shipments to the US from 20.07.2026 the fee = max($17,50; 2,5%)») named the wrong fee: $17,50/2,5% is the Disbursement Fee, i.e. the «recipient pays» scenario. The cited APAC PDF (fedex-customs-clearance-surcharge-july2026.pdf) does exist and describes the same harmonization of the Disbursement Fee from 20.07.2026, but for APAC accounts — it is irrelevant for a PL seller. | A free FedEx account online (fedex.com/pl-pl/open-account.html) or by phone 801 002 800; no minimum volumes. A real precedent of a micro/small PL seller: the Arma Hobby store has shipped to the US exclusively with FedEx on DDP since 09.2025, building a ~15% markup for duty into the price. A free FedEx account; HS code (from 01.09.2025 a 6-digit code is mandatory for the US), country of origin; a correct declared value. | Freight for 0,5 kg PL→US: the public export price PDF is unavailable (403; gap) — calculate via Rate Tools; + Duty and Tax Forwarding Fee (since 2026-01-05: the greater of $15 or 2% of duty/tax/MPF at a customs value of ≤$800; the greater of $29 or 2% above $800); + the duty on $100 (the MFN base rate for its HS code + the 10% Section 122 surcharge, ~$10 on an MFN-free item; expires 2026-07-24). Arma Hobby precedent: a +15% markup on the item price is built in to cover the duty. | Yes: FedEx is named directly by Etsy among DDP carriers; manually or via Sendcloud/Globkurier. | verified* 2026-07-19 |
| GlobKurier.pl (Polish label aggregator) The “Podatek i cło opłaca strona trzecia (DDP)” option on FedEx products outside the EU | Via an aggregator + FedEx: at step 4 of the booking, DDP is selected and a duty payer number is entered (the FedEx account number of the duty payer) — US duties are billed to that FedEx account of the seller. ⚠️ Verified correction: The described mechanism is confirmed verbatim from the live article of 08.03.2024 ('Incoterms jest jednak dostępny tylko dla kont firmowych'; step 4; 'Wybranie pola Podatek i cło opłaca strona trzecia (DDP)'; 'podać numer płatnika cła, uzyskany od przewoźnika FedEx'), the service and the US destination are active in 2026. BUT how_to_access is outdated as the only path: GlobKurier also has an active 'DDP Premium' service (for klientów biznesowych, the USA is covered), where GlobKurier itself acts as the duty payer — 'Cło i podatki opłacone z góry – bez angażowania odbiorcy', settled from the seller's prepaid account, 'cło i podatki fakturowane są zbiorczo raz w miesiącu' — your own FedEx duty-payer number is NOT required. For a micro seller this is more accessible. | A business account on globkurier.pl (the Incoterms selection is “dostępny tylko dla kont firmowych”) + your own FedEx duty-payer number. A company (business account), a FedEx account for duty billing. | Globkurier's rate on a FedEx product for 0,5 kg PL→US (aggregator prices are usually below the FedEx list) + FedEx disbursement fee + the duty (the MFN base rate for its HS code + the 10% Section 122 surcharge, ~$10 per $100 on an MFN-free item; expires 2026-07-24). | Partially: no native Etsy integration (manually/CSV/API); the DDP label meets Etsy's requirement. | verified* 2026-07-15 |
| Easyship Easyship: DDP option (prepaid duties & taxes) + Tax & Duties at Checkout | Via an aggregator: when “pre-pay duties and taxes” is selected, only couriers supporting DDP are shown; a “DDP Handling Fee” + a “disbursement fee” (% of the advanced duties) are added to the freight — collected from the seller at label purchase/via Easyship billing. ⚠️ Verified correction: The mechanics are correct: with pre-pay duties only DDP couriers are shown; the seller is charged a DDP Handling Fee (DHL/UPS ~$15, FedEx ~$10) + a disbursement fee (% of the advanced duties) — the official support articles are live (indexed), the blog post of 29.08.2025 is live. PL as an origin is confirmed specifically in the 'link your own courier accounts' mode (the official list 'Countries You Can Ship From With Easyship': Poland is in the list of countries without Easyship rates) — the researcher's gap is closed. BUT 'there is a free plan' is misleading: on the Free plan (up to 50 shipments/month) connecting your own carrier accounts is NOT available, so PL-origin DDP requires a paid plan (Plus $29/month and above; 2026 reviews place DDP/DDU handling on Premier $69/month). | An Easyship account (there is a free plan); 50+ origin markets are claimed, incl. Europe, but PL as an origin with Easyship's own rates is not confirmed by a primary source (gap) — the option that reliably works is connecting your own carrier accounts. Registration; for Easyship's own rates from PL — confirm with support; HS codes. | Not published for PL→US; formula: freight + DDP handling fee + disbursement % + the duty (the MFN base rate for its HS code + the 10% Section 122 surcharge, ~$10 per $100 on an MFN-free item; expires 2026-07-24). | Easyship has an Etsy integration, but from 03.02.2026 third-party integrations other than Packlink/Sendcloud receive limited data from Etsy. | verified* 2026-07-15 |
| Sendcloud (official Etsy shipping partner) + your own FedEx/UPS contract Sendcloud shipping platform: the DDP Incoterm on the label via a direct carrier contract (FedEx International DDP methods, UPS DDP) | Via an aggregator: Sendcloud prints a label with Incoterm DDP, while US duties are billed post factum to the seller's carrier account (FedEx/UPS, see their fees above). Sendcloud's key caveat: “The Incoterm DDP is only available with a direct contract” — there is no DDP on Sendcloud's own rates; by default all international shipments are DAP. | A paid Sendcloud plan only — your own carrier contract is not available on the Free plan (“On the Free plan, you can only ship using Sendcloud's rates”), minimum Lite €28/month + €0,10/label. Critical: shipping from Poland is possible ONLY with the account's invoice address in one of the fully supported countries, except the UK (AT/BE/FR/DE/IT/NL/ES) + your own direct contract with a supported carrier — Sendcloud is not available to a seller with a Polish registered address. Then: connect your own FedEx/UPS account and activate the methods with Incoterm DDP. A Sendcloud account on a paid plan + your own FedEx/UPS account + an invoice address in AT/BE/FR/DE/IT/NL/ES. PL is not among the 8 fully supported shipping countries (AT/BE/FR/DE/IT/NL/ES/UK): shipping from PL — only with your own direct contract; Sendcloud's own rates are not available for PL at all (not “not guaranteed”). | = the rates of your own FedEx/UPS contract + a paid Sendcloud plan from €28/month (Lite, +€0,10/label; Free is not suitable — your own contract only on paid plans); the carrier's DDP fees as in the FedEx/UPS rows. | High on integration, but with a caveat on access: Sendcloud is one of the THREE Etsy partners with full data exchange (from 01.02.2026 full auto-import/export of shipping data for new integrations — only Packlink, Sendcloud and SendNow by Asendia; the handbook announcement named 03.02.2026; services connected before that date keep working as before); order auto-import and tracking auto-sync are confirmed. But Sendcloud itself is not available to a seller with a Polish invoice address — for a typical PL seller this compatibility is unattainable. | verified* 2026-07-16 |
What does NOT work from Poland (10)
- Poczta Polska (paczki, letters with goods, Global Expres, EMS): goods shipments to the US have been SUSPENDED since 25.08.2025 “until further notice” (do odwołania) and as of 15.07.2026 have NOT been resumed — the official suspension page is live, and the press releases on media.poczta-polska.pl for July 2026 say not a word about resumption; PP “actively participates” in the rollout of UPU DDP with no launch date. Sources: https://www.poczta-polska.pl/en/news/czasowe-ograniczenie-przyjmowania-przesylek-z-towarami-do-usa/ (verified 15.07.2026); https://media.poczta-polska.pl/releases/raport-o-pracach-nad-przywroceniem-przesylek-do-usa-na-kongresie-swiatowego-zwiazku-pocztowego (11.09.2025); https://media.poczta-polska.pl/ (feed checked 15.07.2026); https://www.upu.int/en/news/2026/january/upu-delivers-on-delivered-duty-paid-promise-with-partners (01.2026: UPU DDP is live at only 2 operators, ~12 are implementing).
- InPost International: there is NO service of its own to the US — destinations are only 7 EU countries (FR, BE, NL, LU, IT, ES, PT); the launch of a US channel “with several partners” has merely been announced by R. Brzoska as coming “shortly” (2026), with no date. Sources: https://inpost.pl/en/inpost-international (verified 15.07.2026, direct fetch 403 — via search results); https://logistyka.rp.pl/produkty-i-uslugi/art42950071-w-wysylkach-paczek-do-usa-dojdzie-jeszcze-jeden-konkurent (2026); https://www.money.pl/biznes/brzoska-chwali-sie-nowa-usluga-z-siedmiu-krajow-europy-7289630104524960a.html.
- Etsy Shipping Labels: NOT AVAILABLE to sellers from PL — Etsy labels are sold only to sellers from the US, CA, UK, AU; consequently the Etsy built-in DDP label (the analogue of Royal Mail International Tracked DDP for the UK) does not exist for PL either. Sources: https://help.etsy.com/hc/en-us/articles/360001967188-How-to-Purchase-Shipping-Labels-on-Etsy (verified 15.07.2026 via search results; direct fetch 403); https://iscompliant.app/Blog/etsy-ddp-shipping-mandate (Royal Mail DDP — UK only).
- Packlink (the second official Etsy partner): NOT AVAILABLE to PL sellers — the Packlink PRO Etsy integration works for FR, DE, ES, IT. Source: https://support-pro.packlink.com/hc/en-gb/articles/360018561159-Etsy-and-Packlink-PRO + search results by country (verified 15.07.2026).
- Meest Post (shipping to the US via Paczkomaty InPost, carriage by FedEx): the service works, but DDU only — “recipients pay duties”, i.e. NOT DDP, and it breaches Etsy's requirement: the buyer pays on delivery. Source: https://www.meestpost.com/en/pl/news/important-information/news-send-parcels-to-the-usa-canada-and-the-uk-from-inpost-parcel-lockers (26.06.2025, verified 15.07.2026; no update about DDP found).
- DHL eCommerce / DHL Parcel (not Express): standard (non-express) parcels to the US have been suspended since August 2025 together with other European operators; no public confirmation of the resumption of B2C goods shipments from the EU/PL by 07.2026 has been found. Sources: https://www.cnn.com/2025/08/22/business/dhl-us-shipments-de-minimis-intl (22.08.2025); https://www.dhl.com/us-en/home/important-information/2025/shipments-to-the-united-states-with-a-customs-value-exceeding-usd-800.html.
- GLS Poland (GLS Global): shipments to the US have been launched (5–14 business days, “pełna obsługa celna”), but the DDP option is NOT PUBLICLY CONFIRMED — neither the GLS Global page nor the announcements state that the shipper can pay the US duties; terms only via an individual sales quote. For a micro seller this is currently an unverifiable channel. Sources: https://gls-group.com/PL/en/GLS-Global/ (verified 15.07.2026); https://antyweb.pl/gls-wysylki-do-usa-i-azji (01.06.2026).
- Asendia (e-PAQ): DDP/customs-prepaid is in the group's portfolio, but for a micro seller from PL the channel is not confirmed: e-PAQ Plus is DAP by default, PL is not confirmed as an origin country (17 distribution centers, the PL site is an outdated “/old”), onboarding only via sales with pricing based on volumes. Sources: https://www.asendia.com/e-paq/e-paq-plus (verified 15.07.2026); https://www.asendia.com/customs-clearance-services; https://www.asendia.pl/old.
- Landmark Global (bpost): DDP solutions for the US do exist (“DAP & DDP suites... with our in-house clearance team”, MaxiPak), but this is a contract enterprise/mid-market channel: PL is not stated as an origin (hubs in Belgium/UK), volumes and prices only via a b2b request — for 5–100 parcels/month it is effectively unavailable. Source: https://landmarkglobal.com/eu/en/services/parcel-delivery/ (verified 15.07.2026).
- ShipStation: does not work as a standalone DDP channel from PL — the “Bill International Duties to Payor of Shipping Charges (DDP)” feature merely passes the billing through to your own carrier account, while native support for sellers from PL is not stated (community requests for PL/EU support remain open). Sources: https://help.shipstation.com/hc/en-us/articles/4401816013595-Bill-International-Duties-to-Payor-of-Shipping-Charges-DDP; https://community.shipstation.com/t5/Orders-Shipment-Management/Support-more-EU-countries/idi-p/11983 (verified 15.07.2026).
Bottom line for a micro seller PL→US as of 15.07.2026. (1) There are three DDP channels genuinely available without a contract — DHL Express, UPS, FedEx: the mechanism is identical for all — a free business/payment account, at label creation the duty payer = shipper, US duties are charged POST FACTUM to the seller's account + a service fee (DHL DTP: 2% min 72 PLN; UPS Duty and Tax Forwarding: 100,55–107,50 PLN; FedEx Duty and Tax Forwarding: the greater of $15 or 2% at a customs value of ≤$800, the greater of $29 or 2% above $800). Retail one-off shipping (guest/ShipNow) does NOT give DDP with any of them. (2) Full-cost benchmark for 0,5 kg/$100: DHL list 596 PLN + fuel + 72 PLN DTP + ~$10 duty (the product's MFN base rate + the 10% Section 122 surcharge, which expires 2026-07-24) — ~750 PLN at list price, with business discounts (up to -65% at DHL) realistically 350–450 PLN all in; UPS/FedEx are comparable, calculate freight in the calculators. (3) Cheap postal DDP from PL is dead for now: Poczta Polska has been suspended since 25.08.2025, UPU DDP has launched (10.2025) but PP is not live; the only postal DDP channel is Spring GDS PDDP (PostNL/USPS), but the threshold of 100 parcels/month cuts off most micro sellers. (4) For the Etsy process: from 09.07.2026 DDP is mandatory for Purchase Protection (otherwise tariff refunds are deducted from the seller, and a hit to search visibility); there are no Etsy Labels in PL; the official integrators are Packlink (does NOT support PL) and Sendcloud (supports PL, but DDP only via your own FedEx/UPS contract — which a micro seller already has for free); the built-in Etsy tariff calculator (powered by Zonos) only estimates the duty so it can be built into the price, it pays nothing. Practical minimum recommendation: a free FedEx or UPS account + the “shipper pays the duties” option + HS codes in the listings; on growth to 100+ parcels/month — negotiations with Spring GDS. The distinction is confirmed everywhere: “showing landed cost at checkout” (the Etsy calculator, the Easyship checkout widget) is NOT the same as DDP — DDP exists only where the seller actually prepays the duty / receives the invoice for it (carrier DTP billing, Spring PDDP, Zonos remittance).
Türkiye
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| Carrier / service | How duties get paid | How to get access | Cost hint (0.5 kg / $100) | Etsy fit | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Navlungo (Turkish e-export aggregator) Navlungo Ekonomi (DDP only) / Express (DDP or DDU) + «ABD DDP Vergi Hesaplama Aracı» | US duties are calculated at the quote stage based on the GTİP/HS code, the country of origin and the carrier, and are included in the price that the seller prepays together with the freight. Verbatim from the landing page FAQ (extracted from HTML 15.07.2026): «DDP (Delivered Duty Paid): Vergiler Navlungo tarafından teklif aşamasında hesaplanır ve satıcı öder. Alıcı ek masrafla karşılaşmaz» and «Navlungo'da Ekonomi gönderilerde DDP zorunlu, Express gönderimlerde ise DDP ve DDU opsiyonları açıktır». If the actual charges diverge from the calculation, Navlungo bills the difference on a separate invoice (from snippets of their materials; not extracted verbatim — see gaps). | Free registration at navlungo.com, no contract; quotes and the DDP option are in the dashboard. Target audience — small-scale e-export. Not publicly documented (gap); as for all commercial shipments from TR — export under mikro ihracat/ETGB, i.e. tax registration and an invoice. | There is no public price for 0.5 kg (behind a login); market benchmark $18–30 freight for 0.5 kg express + duties (~10–27% of $100, taking into account MFN + Section 122 10% + MPF). The dashboard shows the exact landed cost before payment. | Yes: an «Etsy Kargo» offering, guides for Etsy sellers and automatic DDP for the Etsy mandate; the depth of the auto-integration (ShipEntegra-level auto-sync of orders/tracking) is not publicly confirmed (gap). | verified 2026-07-15 |
| DHL Express Türkiye DHL Express Worldwide + the «Gümrük Vergisi Ödeme» option (Duties & Taxes Paid, DTP) — billing US duties to the sender | DHL pays the duties/CBP fees at clearance in the USA and afterwards bills them to the sender's DHL account in TR + a commission. Verbatim from the Rate Guide 2026 Türkiye: «Gümrük Vergisi Ödeme — En az 17 Euro olmak üzere vergi ve harçların %2si» (2% of the duty amount, minimum €17); for «Hesap Müşterileri» the duty handling is 2%, min €15. On the shipment you select billing duties & taxes = shipper (DTP). | A DHL Express TR business account is required (opened free of charge, a volume contract is not mandatory). In the guest/retail flow with card payment the DTP option is in practice not available — the duties will go to the recipient (DAP); micro-sellers more often get DHL rates via aggregators (ShipEntegra/Navlungo). A DHL account for DTP billing; commercial invoice; export under mikro ihracat/ETGB — DHL «Gümrük Müşavirlik Hizmet Bedeli ve İhracat Ambar Ücreti almamaktadır» (no brokerage or warehouse fees), ETGB limit 600 kg / €30 000. | Retail rate 2026: USA = Bölge 4, 0.5 kg non-doc = €132.56 + the DTP commission (min €17) + the duties themselves (~$12–30 per $100). Account/aggregator rates are several times lower (from ~$18–30 for 0.5 kg). Sender's insurance 1% (min €11). | There is no native Etsy integration in TR — labels via MyDHL+/API, tracking entered into Etsy manually; full automation — via aggregators that resell DHL. | verified 2026-07-15 |
| UPS Türkiye UPS Worldwide Saver/Expedited + billing «Vergi ve harçlar → Gönderen» (duties & taxes to the sender's account = DDP) | When the shipment is created, duties & taxes billing is assigned to the sender's UPS account; UPS pays the duties in the USA and bills them afterwards + fees. From the official Service Guide TR: the Faturalama table — «Vergi ve harçlar / Gönderen / Tüm varış yerleri / Geçerli bir UPS hesap numarası gereklidir» (a valid UPS account number is required); «Harç ve Vergi Yönlendirme Ücreti» — when the payer of the duties is not in the destination country — 28.95 USD per shipment; advancing the duties («Hesap Kullanım Ücreti») — 2% of the advance, min 16.70 USD. The UPS TR page confirms: without selecting the option, duties are billed to the recipient by default; prepayment by UPS on the customer's behalf — 2%, min $10 (wording for imports into TR). | Open a UPS account with a payment number (free of charge, without a volume contract) via ups.com/tr; a retail card shipment without an account does not give DDP (duties → receiver). The alternative — UPS rates via aggregators. UPS payment account; a complete commercial invoice; export under ETGB (UPS Hızlı İhracat). | The public TR→US rate table is comparable to DHL (on the order of €100+ for 0.5 kg without discounts); via aggregators $18–30. Plus duties + Duty&Tax Forwarding $28.95 + disbursement 2%, min ~$16.70. | There is no native integration; manually or via aggregators. | verified 2026-07-15 |
| Awwex (Turkish e-export aggregator) Awwex e-ihracat platform: DDP/DAP option in the dashboard + marketplace integrations | In the dashboard, when creating a shipment you select DDP or DAP; the platform shows an itemised landed cost (freight + duty + broker + insurance) before payment; under DDP the costs are borne by the seller («DDP'de vergi ve temsil maliyetini satıcı üstlenir»). The specific duty-collection mechanism (prefunded balance vs after-the-fact invoice) is not publicly disclosed (gap). | Online registration, no contract. Not publicly documented; in practice — tax registration for export (ETGB). | Not published (behind a login); market benchmark 0.5 kg express $18–30 + duties ~$12–30 per $100. | Yes, an integration is claimed: «Pazaryeri Entegrasyonları (Amazon, Etsy, eBay, Shopify) ile sipariş çekimi otomatikleşir». | verified 2026-07-15 |
| FedEx Türkiye FedEx International Priority / Connect Plus + the «Bill Shipper» option for duties & taxes on the AWB | Standard FedEx mechanics: the payer of the duties is selected on the air waybill — «gönderici, alıcı veya üçüncü taraf»; by default the duties are billed to the recipient, for DDP you have to select «Bill Shipper» — FedEx clears in the USA, pays the duties and afterwards invoices them to the sender's FedEx account (+ a service fee). The size of the TR commission for such billing has not been extracted from a primary source — all fedex.com/tr-tr and ask.fedex.com pages return 403/error on direct fetch (gap). | A FedEx TR account is required; without an account, billing the duties to the sender is not available. Micro-sellers can get FedEx rates via aggregators (including ShipEntegra, which resells FedEx/TNT). FedEx account number; commercial invoice; ETGB export. | Public rates for 0.5 kg TR→US without discounts are at the €100+ level; via aggregators $18–30. Plus duties + an unconfirmed advancement fee (gap). The TR value-added services rates are in effect from 05.01.2026 (the PDF is blocked from downloading). | There is no native integration; manually or via aggregators. | verified 2026-07-15 |
| ShipEntegra (Turkish e-export aggregator, Etsy partner for Türkiye) ShipEntegra Express / Air Economy + DDP service (ShipEntegra acts as the US Importer of Record; duties are taken from the seller's balance) | The dashboard calculates duties by HTS via the built-in «U.S. Customs Calculator» (app.shipentegra.com/calculator). Under DDP, ShipEntegra acts as your Importer of Record in the USA, files the entry in CBP ACE and pays the duties itself; collection from the seller — a prefunded wallet/a charge to the account: verbatim from the Seller Guide (03.2026): «ShipEntegra acts as your US-based Importer of Record (IOR)… Duties are paid from your pre-funded ShipEntegra wallet or charged to your account». The blog: «All duties, MPF, and fees are paid from your ShipEntegra account». The buyer pays nothing on delivery. ⚠️ Verified correction: The service is alive and all verbatim quotes are confirmed against primary sources (verified 15.07.2026): the Seller Guide 03.2026 (PDF, 25 pp.) contains «ShipEntegra acts as your US-based Importer of Record (IOR)», «Duties are paid from your pre-funded ShipEntegra wallet or charged to your account», «Your Turkish Tax ID number (Vergi Kimlik Numarası)… (or registered personal address for sole traders)»; the blog post how-to-ship-from-turkey-to-the-united-states — «All duties, MPF, and fees are paid from your ShipEntegra account»; the Etsy Seller Handbook article 1266789873413 exists (ShipEntegra — the only integrated 3rd-party shipping app for TR since 03.06.2024; direct fetch — 403 bot block, but the article is in the index). BUT tying DDP to the «Express / Air Economy» services is not confirmed: the publicly documented ShipEntegra DDP flow runs through their US facility (Seller Guide 5.4: «You ship goods from Turkey to ShipEntegra's US facility → ShipEntegra files US customs entry as your IOR → …fulfilled from US warehouse»), i.e. the IOR model is described for the flow through ShipEntegra's US hub (including direct-to-consumer delivery after clearance), and not as a DDP toggle on any Express/Eco label. I cannot refute the existence of a per-parcel DDP option in the dashboard (a login is required), but in the guide the «Express/Air Economy + DDP» pairing needs to be rephrased to follow the Seller Guide text. Their own FAQ (shipentegra.com/sss) is also out of date — it still describes the $800 de minimis and «the duties are paid by the recipient». Micro-accessibility is confirmed (free registration, positioning towards Etsy artisans: «Whether you are a small Etsy artisan…»). The balpdijital.com URL is alive, but on DDP it speaks only in general terms. | Free online registration at shipentegra.com, no corporate contract needed; the service is positioned explicitly for Etsy micro-sellers. Required: a Turkish tax number (Vergi Kimlik Numarası) and an address in Türkiye — «or registered personal address for sole traders» (Seller Guide, the Register Your Account step). TR tax ID (VKN); the export runs under the mikro ihracat/ETGB regime (up to 600 kg / €30 000 per shipment, via express operators, with no brokerage fees), i.e. in practice tax registration is required (a şahıs şirketi is enough) plus an e-invoice; for DDP — a funded balance/payment method; correct HS codes and country of origin. | Express air freight (1–5 days): «$15–40 per kilogram» (the official ShipEntegra blog, verified 15.07.2026) — for 0.5 kg the benchmark is ~$15–25; market benchmark TR→US 0.5 kg express $18–30 (balpdijital, 21.01.2026). Plus duties on a declared $100: the MFN rate per HTS + the global 10% surcharge (Section 122, since 24.02.2026) + MPF $2.69–12.09 → roughly $12–30 in taxes. The exact price for 0.5 kg is only in the dashboard behind a login (gap). | Yes, native integration: auto-pull of Etsy orders, label creation, automatic tracking transfer («Ship and Notify with ShipEntegra»); the Etsy Seller Handbook (from snippets, 15.07.2026) names ShipEntegra as the shipping partner for Türkiye with full two-way data exchange. There are also eBay/Shopify integrations (a Shopify plugin with DDP calculation at checkout). | verified* 2026-07-15 |
| PTT / Turkish Post (NEW as of April 2026) «Gümrük Vergisi Ödenmiş Teslimat (DDP)» for shipments destined for the USA — the duties are pre-calculated and collected from the sender at drop-off | Official PTT announcement (X and Facebook, 12–13.04.2026): «ABD varışlı gönderilerde Gümrük Vergisi Ödenmiş Teslimat (DDP) dönemi başladı!.. ✅ Vergiler önceden hesaplanır. ✅ Ücretler gönderim sırasında tahsil [edilir]» — the taxes are calculated in advance and collected from the sender at the moment of shipping; the recipient pays nothing extra. On the US side the postal channel works without an entry in ACE: the duty (since 24.02.2026 — ad valorem 10% under Section 122, previously 15% IEEPA for TR) is calculated and remitted monthly via Pay.gov by a «qualified party» (the Gümrükler Genel Müdürlüğü guide). That is, PTT pre-collects the duty equivalent at the counter — de facto a prepaid DDP of the postal channel. ⚠️ Verified correction: The announcement is real: the @PTTKurumsal tweet 2043584172980150748 exists, its date per the snowflake is 13.04.2026 06:56 UTC, the text matches verbatim («ABD varışlı gönderilerde Gümrük Vergisi Ödenmiş Teslimat (DDP) dönemi başladı!.. Vergiler önceden hesaplanır. Ücretler gönderim sırasında tahsil…»); the Facebook post is in the index too. The postal channel mechanism is confirmed by the Gümrükler Genel Müdürlüğü guide (the ticaret.gov.tr PDF is alive, 24 pp.): no entry is filed in ACE, «vergiler… qualified party tarafından… aylık olarak Pay.gov üzerinden toplu yatırılır», «Alıcıya kapıda vergi çıkmaz», ad valorem = the country's IEEPA tariff × value (for TR — 15%), the $80–200 specific duty only until 28.02.2026. Zonos confirms: SCOTUS struck down the IEEPA tariffs on 20.02.2026, from 24.02.2026 00:01 EST the 10% Section 122 global surcharge is in effect, «for postal shipments, the 10% Section 122 rate replaces the prior IEEPA-based postal rates». TWO CORRECTIONS: (1) the mikro ihracat/ETGB limits are out of date — as of 04.12.2025 the limit was raised from 300 kg / €15 000 to 600 kg / €30 000 (confirmed by gumruk.dhl.com.tr/mikro-ihracat: «600kg ve 30000 € limitine kadar ETGB», and by specialist analyses of the Gümrük Yönetmeliği amendment); (2) on ptt.gov.tr itself the DDP for the USA is NOT documented: the live SSS, Turpex, Yurt Dışı Tarife PDF and duyurular pages contain neither «DDP» nor any terms (0 hits, verified with curl 15.07.2026) — the only primary source for the announcement is PTT's social media, and the details/prices are in practice available only at a branch. The old snippet in the search index «PTT DDP sunmamaktadır (TURPEX dahil)» is absent from the current page — probably wiped after the April launch. | A PTT branch / PTT corporate channels; no special account is required (retail drop-off). For commercial export — the mikro ihracat (ETGB) regime via PTT (up to 300 kg / €15 000 according to PTT's figures for micro-export; to be clarified at the branch). For goods shipments — CN22/CN23 customs data, declared value, HS/origin; for micro-export — tax registration/an invoice. The detailed DDP terms (which products: Turpex/APG/Posta Kolisi, limits) have not been published publicly (gap). | There is no public DDP price list (gap). Benchmark: PTT's postal rate for 0.5 kg is noticeably lower than express (tens of USD), + a duty of ~10% of a declared $100 = ~$10 + a possible PTT service fee. The $80–200/item flat fee died on 28.02.2026 — only ad valorem remains. | There is no direct Etsy integration — label and tracking manually; the key point: the channel now formally satisfies Etsy's DDP mandate (the buyer does not pay at the door), but there is no automation. Some TR aggregators resell PTT channels. | verified* 2026-07-15 |
What does NOT work from Türkiye (12)
- Etsy Shipping Labels: NOT AVAILABLE to sellers in Türkiye — Etsy sells labels only to sellers in the USA, Canada, the UK and Australia (with Etsy Payments/PayPal); there is no «Etsy DDP label» for TR, Etsy refers non-US sellers to third-party shipping partners (for TR — ShipEntegra). On top of that, Etsy has temporarily suspended US-bound labels even for Evri/Australia Post/Canada Post because of the tariff changes. Sources: https://help.etsy.com/hc/en-us/articles/360001967188-How-to-Purchase-Shipping-Labels-on-Etsy (direct fetch 403/Cloudflare; content from search snippets, verified 15.07.2026); https://www.insightagent.app/guides/ship-internationally-on-etsy (15.07.2026)
- Sendcloud: Türkiye is not supported as an origin country — the platform works from 8 countries (AT, BE, FR, DE, IT, NL, ES, UK) + 5 countries (CZ, DK, PL, PT, SE) only with your own carrier contract. Source: https://support.sendcloud.com/hc/en-us/articles/360024842992-How-to-ship-internationally-with-Sendcloud (direct fetch 403; the country list confirmed from snippets 15.07.2026)
- ShipStation: accounts are available only in US, CA, UK, AU, NZ, FR, DE («ShipStation offers accounts in… with more countries to come») — Türkiye is not supported. Source: https://help.shipstation.com/hc/en-us/articles/360039628211-What-is-ShipStation (from snippets, 15.07.2026; direct fetch 403)
- Easyship: shipping from Türkiye has «Coming soon» status on the official couriers page («Find your courier in Turkey — Coming soon»); there are no pre-negotiated rates and no ready-made DDP out of TR; all that is left is Link-Your-Own-Courier with your own DHL/UPS/FedEx account — for a micro-seller this brings back the carrier-account barrier. Source: https://www.easyship.com/en-tr/couriers (verified 15.07.2026)
- Shippo: there are no master rates out of Türkiye; from countries outside the US it works only via your own DHL Express/FedEx/UPS accounts (the Spain example: «merchants must connect their own DHL Express, FedEx, or UPS account») — not available to a micro-seller without contracts. Sources: https://support.goshippo.com/hc/en-us/articles/205142315-Shipping-within-Countries-other-than-the-United-States (403 on direct fetch; from snippets 15.07.2026); https://goshippo.com/carriers (15.07.2026)
- Asendia (incl. SendNow): no origin operations in Türkiye — offices in 16–17 countries (Europe, UK, US, APAC), TR is absent; the origin countries of SendNow by Asendia (a product for small sellers recommended by Etsy) were extracted from the site's dropdown: Australia, Greece, India, Italy, Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, Vietnam — Türkiye is NOT there. Sources: https://send.asendia.com/ (HTML dropdown, extracted 15.07.2026); https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asendia (15.07.2026)
- Landmark Global (bpost): no origin operations in Türkiye — locations US/CA, UK, NL, BE, CN, HK, SG, AU (25 locations in 11 countries); not available from TR. Source: http://bpostgroup.com/who-we-are/our-entities/landmark-global + landmarkglobal.com (from snippets, 15.07.2026; negative result)
- PostNL Cross-Border / Spring GDS: hubs in 20+ countries across Europe/APAC/the Americas, Türkiye is not among the origin countries. Source: https://www.spring-gds.com/about-us/ (verified 15.07.2026; negative result)
- Zonos Landed Cost: this is NOT a carrier and not an option for an Etsy micro-seller — it runs on the merchant's own checkout (WooCommerce, BigCommerce, Adobe Commerce, Miva, GraphQL API; for Shopify — a separate Duty and Tax app) on top of YOUR carrier accounts (DHL/FedEx/UPS); there is no Etsy/eBay integration. Displaying the landed cost ≠ DDP in itself; Zonos guarantees the calculation and remits the duties, but only in the combination of your own site + your own carrier account. Source: https://zonos.com/landed-cost (verified 15.07.2026)
- DHL Economy Select from Türkiye: does NOT deliver to the USA — per the Rate Guide 2026 the service covers only Bölge 1–3 (Europe); an economy DDP via DHL from TR to the USA does not exist, only Express. Source: https://mydhl.express.dhl/content/dam/downloads/tr/tr/rate-guide/service_and_rate_guide_tr_tr_2026.pdf.coredownload.pdf (PDF verified 15.07.2026)
- UPS Worldwide Economy (UPS's cheap DDP channel): a contract-only service — an approved UPS contract is required, not available to a micro-seller without a contract; availability for TR as origin is not confirmed. Source: https://www.ups.com/us/en/business-solutions/grow-your-business-solutions/expand-internationally/ups-worldwide-economy (from snippets, 15.07.2026)
- Retail shipments with DHL/UPS/FedEx WITHOUT an account (card payment at a point of sale/guest MyDHL+): the option to bill the duties to the sender is not available — duties are billed to the recipient by default (DAP/DDU), i.e. DDP cannot be bought at retail from the integrators. Sources: UPS Service Guide TR («Geçerli bir UPS hesap numarası gereklidir», PDF 15.07.2026); https://www.ups.com/tr/tr/shipping/international-shipping/international-shipping-costs (snippet 15.07.2026); FedEx tr-tr duty-tax (snippet 15.07.2026: by default — the recipient)
Context and conclusions (all verification dates — 15.07.2026). (1) US legal framework: the $800 de minimis was abolished as of 29.08.2025 (EO 14324); on 20.02.2026 the US Supreme Court ruled the IEEPA tariffs unlawful, and from 24.02.2026 they were replaced by a global 10% surcharge under Section 122 (a 150-day measure, an increase to 15% has been announced); for the postal channel the specific duty of $80–200/item died on 28.02.2026 — only ad valorem remains (currently 10% s122), collected via a «qualified party»/Pay.gov without an entry in ACE; the express channel — informal/formal entry in ACE, MFN per HTSUS + s122 + MPF (FY2026: $2.69/$8.06/$12.09; informal entry up to $2 500). Official sources: the Gümrükler Genel Müdürlüğü guide «Sınır Ötesi E-Ticaret – ABD» (ticaret.gov.tr, announced 05.03.2026) and zonos.com/ieepa-tariff-ruling-updates (23.02.2026). Türkiye is not under Section 301; there is no special regime against Turkish goods (Navlungo, 23.02.2026). (2) Since 09.07.2026 Etsy requires DDP from non-US sellers: without prepaid duties the order loses Etsy Purchase Protection, and the tariffs/fees charged to the buyer are deducted from the seller (valueaddedresource.net 09.06.2026, quoting Etsy; DDP also affects search). (3) The main conclusion of the TR matrix: a micro-seller WITHOUT contracts has 4 realistic classes of DDP routes: (a) Turkish e-export aggregators — ShipEntegra (the best documented: IOR in the USA + prefunded wallet, native Etsy integration), Navlungo (Economy — DDP mandatory, Express — DDP/DDU, duties included in the quote), Awwex (DDP option, mechanics not disclosed); (b) NEW: on 12–13.04.2026 PTT launched «Gümrük Vergisi Ödenmiş Teslimat (DDP)» to the USA — the duties are collected from the sender at drop-off (details/rates not published — check at the branch); (c) a direct DHL Express TR account (DTP 2%, min €17, but retail freight of €132.56/0.5 kg without discounts makes it expensive without account rates); (d) a UPS TR account (billing the duties to the sender when a payment account is in place + $28.95 forwarding fee + 2%, min $16.70 disbursement). FedEx — the mechanism exists (Bill Shipper), but the terms for TR are not verifiable (low). All the Western label aggregators (Sendcloud, ShipStation, Easyship, Shippo) and consolidators (Asendia/SendNow, Landmark, PostNL/Spring) do not work from TR; Zonos — not for Etsy. (4) The built-in barrier of all commercial routes: export from TR = mikro ihracat (ETGB, up to 600 kg/€30 000 via express operators, with no brokerage fees at DHL), requires a Turkish tax number and an invoice — «a private individual without tax registration» does not legally send commercial DDP parcels. (5) Indicative total cost of the 0.5 kg/$100 benchmark via an aggregator: freight $18–30 + duties ~$12–30 (MFN per HTS + 10% s122 + MPF; textiles are more expensive) → ~$30–60 in total on top of the goods; via PTT DDP potentially cheaper (postal freight + ~10%), but the rate is not published.
Ukraine
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| Carrier / service | How duties get paid | How to get access | Cost hint (0.5 kg / $100) | Etsy fit | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nova Poshta / Nova Post (Nova Global) International delivery to the USA (Standard / Express) with the «платник митних платежів — Відправник» option (payer of customs charges — Sender; Incoterm DDP) | Prepaid at parcel creation: since 26.08.2025 the sender chooses the payer of US duties. If «Sender» is selected, 10% of the parcel value is added to the shipping cost (goods of Ukrainian origin), customs clearance services are included in the rate — the buyer pays nothing. In the API: "payerType": "Sender" + "incoterm": "DDP". The alternative «Recipient» = DAP: 10% + brokerage from $25 via a payment link to the buyer. | Retail, no contract: a Nova Poshta branch, the mobile app, the novaposhta.ua personal account or the open API; available to individuals and sole proprietors (FOP). Accurate description of the goods, genuine country of origin, market value (in case of discrepancies — delay and additional assessment); for DDP via the personal account — select «Митний платіж — Відправник» (customs charge — Sender). | 0.5 kg / $100: Standard to-address — 660 UAH (≈$16, rates in effect from 01.04.2026) + 10% duty = $10 (clearance included). Total ~$26. Express 0.5 kg — 2200 UAH (≈$52) + $10. | No direct Etsy integration — processing is done manually/via the API; integration is possible via Western Bid (Nova Global labels with auto-import of Etsy orders) or keyCRM. The DDP option satisfies the Etsy requirement. | verified 2026-07-15 |
| SkladUSA (Ukrainian consolidator + warehouse in the USA) LCL consolidation Ukraine→USA (FedEx line, dispatches Mon/Wed/Fri) with automatic DDP + last mile within the USA | Automatic DDP for all parcels: «10% додаткового мита на товари з України та стандартне імпортне мито США» (a 10% additional duty on goods from Ukraine plus the standard US import duty, by HS code) is added to the value of the goods, duties are included in the seller's invoice when the order is placed; «Вартість брокерських послуг оплачує SkladUSA» (SkladUSA pays the cost of brokerage services). The cargo clears customs as a consolidated shipment, then goes on to domestic delivery within the USA, the buyer pays nothing. | Registration in the SkladUSA system, connecting your store («Підключіть магазин до системи SkladUSA та створюйте замовлення в один клік» — connect your store to the SkladUSA system and create orders in one click); no contract, suitable for micro volumes. Orders are created in their system; consolidation 3 times a week; max 24.5 kg actual / 29 kg volumetric weight per piece (FedEx line). | Freight $6/kg (FedEx consolidation; minimum charges not published) + duty (10% UA + the HS-code rate ≈ $10+ on $100) + domestic US delivery; in total for 0.5 kg / $100 roughly $15–25. | Yes: store connection and one-click order creation; the service is aimed at marketplace sellers. | verified 2026-07-15 |
| DHL Express Ukraine DHL Express Worldwide + the DTP billing service (Duty Tax Paid / «сплата всіх зборів DHL» — payment of all fees by DHL) | After-the-fact billing to the sender's account: when creating the parcel the sender opts to pay duties/taxes themselves — DHL advances the payments to CBP in the USA and «стягне їх назад із вантажовідправника» (will recover them back from the shipper; MyDHL Ukraine FAQ), plus a fee for the DTP service. This is the standard global DHL Express Duty Billing Services (DTP) mechanism, available for parcels from account customers. | A DHL Express UA business account (requested via MyDHL+, available to sole proprietors (FOP)/legal entities; «за наявності номеру рахунку — кращі тарифи, різні опції виставлення рахунків» — with an account number you get better rates and various invoicing options). For a one-off retail parcel without an account, DTP is generally unavailable. A DHL Express account with billing; a correct commercial invoice, descriptions and HS codes; selecting DTP when creating the shipment in MyDHL+. | There is no public UA rate for 0.5 kg→USA (the Service & Rate Guide is account-specific); the express price level is roughly €40–60 for 0.5 kg (based on DHL-channel prices at Ukrainian brokers) + duty ~$10 + the DTP fee (not published for UA; a typical carrier DDP fee is ~$15 per Zonos's estimate). | Via MyDHL+ manually (orders are transferred by hand) or via Shippo with your own DHL account (auto-import of Etsy orders, incoterm DDP). | verified 2026-07-15 |
| Zonos (landed cost tool, not a carrier) Zonos Landed Cost / Landed Cost guarantee (+ the «Zonos Duty and Tax» Shopify app) | Calculation + guarantee + rebilling: Zonos calculates the exact landed cost (duty+tax+fees) before dispatch; on a DDP parcel with the guarantee, «duties and taxes are billed to Zonos — not you», then Zonos bills the merchant $2 + 10% of the duties/taxes amount per order; it supports DDP billing with UPS, FedEx, DHL. Transport is still the seller's carrier with DDP/DTP billing. Direct relevance for a UA seller: Ukrposhta has built the Zonos engine into its personal account (calculation of US category rates from July 2026), and Etsy uses Zonos for its US tariff estimator in listings. | On your own — via the Zonos Duty and Tax Shopify app or the API (for stores on your own website); for an Etsy seller it cannot be connected directly — it is available indirectly through the Etsy estimator and through the Ukrposhta personal account; terms/countries for UA merchants are not published. Your own store (Shopify/API) + a carrier with DDP billing; for the Landed Cost guarantee — use of supported carriers. | Zonos fee: $2 + 10% of duties/taxes per order (for $100 at a 10% duty: $2 + $1 = $3 on top of the $10 duty); export processing $5 for cross-docking. | Directly — no; indirectly — yes (the Etsy tariff estimator runs on Zonos; Ukrposhta calculates duties via Zonos). | verified 2026-07-15 |
| Ukrposhta (Укрпошта) Міжнародні відправлення до США (international parcels to the USA) — «Укрпошта Стандарт» / EMS, processed via the e-Export personal account | Prepaid at dispatch: the US duty + service fee are collected from the SENDER at the moment the parcel is handed over to Ukrposhta («всі відправки мають бути оплачені завчасно» — all shipments must be paid for in advance), the recipient pays nothing, there are no brokerage fees. Until 24.07.2026 — a flat 10% rate for goods of Ukrainian origin; from 21–24.07.2026 — category rates by 10-digit UKTZED code, calculated automatically via the integrated Zonos engine (the calculator in the personal account/API shows the duty amount before dispatch). The second stage of the US changes — 22.10.2026. ⚠️ Verified correction: The core is correct: the duty + service fee are collected from the SENDER in advance («всі відправки мають бути оплачені завчасно», e-export 20.08.2025 updated 24.09.2025); the dates are confirmed by recent publications of 15.07.2026 (Interfax, ZN.ua): 21.07.2026 — update of the personal account/calculator/API, 24.07.2026 — category rates by 10-digit UKT ZED instead of a flat 10% (the Zonos engine in the personal account shows the duty before dispatch), 22.10.2026 — the second stage for selected categories; at branches without online processing — only gifts up to $100, maximum 5 parcels/month. MISSED by the researcher: prepaid DDP is in effect only within simplified clearance — «На комерційні відправлення вартість яких понад 800$, не нараховується 10% мита» (commercial parcels worth more than $800 are not charged the 10% duty), such duties are collected by US customs from the RECIPIENT (not DDP); from 24.07.2026 the simplified clearance threshold rises from $800 to $2500. On source_urls: the epravda article exists (published 26.08.2025, rates +$1.5–3 for processing customs payments), but returns 403 to bots; calc.ukrposhta.ua is a JS application with no verifiable server-side content; the service names (Стандарт/EMS) were not verified via the calculator. | Retail, no contract needed: a free personal account/e-Export (individuals and sole proprietors (FOP)). From 21.07.2026 commercial parcels to the USA are recommended/required to be processed in the personal account or via the API; at a branch «from scratch» only gifts are accepted (gift up to $100, maximum 5 parcels/month per sender). A Ukrposhta account; accurate description of the goods, country of origin, market value; from 24.07.2026 — a mandatory 10-digit UKTZED code for every item in the parcel. | 0.5 kg / $100: shipping roughly $15–18 (a secondary source from 04.2026 gives ~$18 for a parcel up to 1 kg on «Стандарт»; for the exact figure — calc.ukrposhta.ua) + duty $10 (10% of $100; from 24.07.2026 — a category rate) + service fee (on average rates rose by $1.5–3), no brokerage. Total ~$27–31. | Yes, but manually: the label and prepayment of the duty in the e-Export account, the tracking number is entered into Etsy manually; there is no direct Etsy integration. The mechanism meets the Etsy DDP requirement (the buyer pays nothing on delivery). | verified* 2026-07-15 |
| Western Bid (Ukrainian aggregator for Etsy/eBay/Shopify, hub in Miami) Consolidation Direct / Consolidation Plus + partner labels (Nova Global, FedEx, USPS/UPS/FedEx/DHL eCommerce on the last mile) | Prepaid duty via a consolidator: «Доставки від Western Bid із України організовані із передплаченим митом у США» (shipments from Western Bid out of Ukraine are arranged with prepaid duty in the USA) — WB consolidates sellers' parcels, prepays US duties (10% of declared value for goods of Ukrainian origin + possible additional charges by tariff code/brokerage) and debits them from the seller's balance in the personal account; up to $800/day per recipient the duty can be paid independently in the personal account. The buyer pays nothing. Last mile from Miami: USPS, UPS, FedEx, DHL eCommerce (3 business days across the USA). ⚠️ Verified correction: The core is correct: «Доставки від Western Bid із України... організовані із передплаченим митом у США (DDP)» (shipments from Western Bid out of Ukraine... are arranged with prepaid duty in the USA (DDP)) (both consolidation pages, verified 15.07.2026), 10% UA / 15% EU (⚠️ the 15% EU figure is Western Bid's own published number and is stale: the IEEPA tariffs were struck down on 2026-02-20; since 2026-02-24 it is the 10% Section 122 surcharge on top of the MFN base), last mile USPS/UPS/FedEx/DHL eCommerce to choose from, registration is free, commission 4% (min $0.01, max $50) when accepting payments via WB PayPal/Stripe — confirmed at westernbid.com/pp_ua and /paypal. Inaccuracies: (1) «up to $800/day per recipient the duty can be paid independently in the personal account» — not confirmed in that form; on the Consolidation Direct page this is a value LIMIT: «вартість товарів в одній посилці не повинна перевищувати $800 на день на одне ім'я отримувача» (the value of goods in a single parcel must not exceed $800 per day per one recipient name), max total value of contents $2499; (2) Consolidation Direct is addressed to those who assemble «8 і більше посилок» (8 or more parcels) into one dispatch (a recommendation, not a hard rule) — a micro seller with single orders is better served by Consolidation Plus (parcel ≤$100, ≤7 kg, no minimum quantity); (3) the declared source westernbid.com/en/etsy is live but does NOT contain the data on the 4% commission and prepaid duty — it is an Etsy integration landing page. | Free registration at system.westernbid.com, no contract and no minimum volumes — it is designed specifically for micro sellers; Western Bid commission 4% (when using their payment acceptance via PayPal/Stripe/cards). A WB account; an accurate declaration (responsibility for its accuracy lies with the sender); Consolidation Plus — max $100 declared value per parcel per single address; Consolidation Direct — up to $800/day per one recipient name, up to $2,499 declared per consolidation; ~8 business days to Miami. | «Delivery to the USA from $6»; for 0.5 kg / $100 (Consolidation Direct): roughly $10–20 freight+last mile + $10 duty (10%); the exact price is shown in the calculator when creating the label (there is no public rate card). | Maximum: auto-import of orders from Etsy/Shopify/eBay/Amazon, auto-export of tracking numbers and marking as «shipped» in Etsy. | verified* 2026-07-15 |
| GlobalPost (globalpost.ua — Ukrainian broker-aggregator; NOT to be confused with the US GlobalPost/goglobalpost.com) International delivery UA→USA via FedEx / UPS / DHL / DPD / TNT with a DDP option | DDP option at booking: «all taxes and customs duties are paid by the sender, and the recipient receives the package without additional payments»; duties are calculated by GlobalPost's brokers, the carrier additionally charges a commission of «$3 to $25 per payment» for paying taxes on behalf of a non-US resident; paid by the sender at dispatch. ⚠️ Verified correction: The DDP option and the commission are confirmed verbatim in their article (published 01.10.2025, updated 10.10.2025): «all taxes and customs duties are paid by the sender, and the recipient receives the package without additional payments», carrier commission «from $3 to $25 per payment»; retail acceptance (individuals, drop-off at the office in Kyiv) is confirmed. Inaccuracies/risks: (1) the declared source globalpost.ua/en/usa/ does NOT mention DDP and contains an outdated de minimis block («if a parcel from a private individual is worth no more than $800, the recipient pays no duty»), i.e. the landing page has not been updated since de minimis was abolished on 29.08.2025 — confidence in how current the site is has dropped; (2) TNT is not listed on the USA landing page (FedEx, DHL, UPS, DPD are listed); (3) there are no recent (2026) public confirmations that the DDP option works — before including it in a paid guide, a verification enquiry to GlobalPost is recommended. | Retail: a request via the website/calculator, dropping the cargo off at the warehouse in Kyiv; they work with individuals and companies, no contract needed. Individual — passport; business — tax documents; a correct invoice for customs clearance. | 0.5–1 kg to the USA: FedEx Economy €43.35, FedEx IP €45.40, UPS Saver €47.33 + duty ~$10 (10% of $100) + the carrier's DDP commission $3–25. Total ~$60–85 — a channel for expensive/urgent orders. | No Etsy integration — each parcel is processed manually; tracking numbers are entered manually. | verified* 2026-07-15 |
| FedEx (Ukraine — Kyiv and the surrounding region) FedEx International Priority from Kyiv + designation of the duties/taxes payer (Bill Sender / Third Party) | After-the-fact billing: under the FedEx UA Conditions of Carriage the sender can designate the duties payer as Sender/Recipient/Third party — US duties are billed to the sender's FedEx account after import; additionally there is a UA charge, the «U.S. Inbound Processing Fee» of 108 UAH/parcel (raised from 90 UAH). From 29.04.2026 duties on BSO shipments can be billed to any designated account (not only a US one). ⚠️ Verified correction: The core is correct: the service was reinstated from May 2024 (International Priority, Kyiv and surrounding region — Yahoo/Benzinga 24.05.2024, no suspensions found as of July 2026); the choice of duties payer Bill Sender / Recipient / Third Party is a FedEx standard, «Bill sender means charges billed to the FedEx account holder who exported the shipment» (FedEx FAQ en-jp/en-gb), i.e. a FedEx account is required; the U.S. Inbound Processing Fee was raised from 90 to 108 UAH/parcel (40 UAH for FedEx International Connect Plus) — confirmed via fedex.com en-ua surcharges in search results. Inaccuracy: the change from 29.04.2026 concerning U.S.-inbound BSO shipments applies to the Broker Document Transfer fee — it will be billed to the designated duties/taxes payer regardless of the account's country (fedex.com/en-fr/shipping/surcharge-updates.html), and not to «duties on BSO» in general, as the researcher put it. Also: the declared fedex.com/en-ua/conditions-of-carriage/jan-2026.html and regulatory-alerts.html return 403 (anti-bot) — not verified verbatim, the content was reconstructed from other FedEx pages. | Opening a FedEx account online at fedex.com/en-ua; the service from Ukraine was reinstated from May 2024 (International Priority, Kyiv and its surroundings, after a 2-year suspension); shipping via FedEx Ship Manager. A FedEx account for billing duties to the sender; geographic pickup restriction — Kyiv/the region; a correct invoice and HS codes. | The retail rate was not extracted (fedex.com/en-ua pages block scraping); a reference point via the broker GlobalPost: FedEx Economy 0.5–1 kg ≈ €43 + duty ~$10 + U.S. Inbound Processing Fee 108 UAH. | Manually via Ship Manager; or via aggregators (Western Bid, GlobalPost — FedEx is on their carrier list; Shippo with your own FedEx account supports DDP). | verified* 2026-07-15 |
| Shippo (label aggregator) + your own carrier account Shippo labels with Incoterm DDP — supported for UPS, FedEx, DHL Express (and Canada Post) | Via an aggregator + carrier billing: Shippo puts DDP on the label, duties are billed after the fact to the seller's carrier account («UPS customs charges will be invoiced directly to the seller»; DHL Express and UPS charge a processing fee for DDP). Shippo states that it works from any country where DHL Express/FedEx/UPS are available, provided you connect your own carrier account — for UA that means your own DHL Express UA or FedEx UA account. | A Shippo account: Starter is free, but has a limit of 30 labels/month and a $0.05/label fee when using your own carrier account; Pro from $17/month (~$205/year) — labels from your own account with no fee. Plus connecting your own carrier account: DHL Express UA (account number + Site ID and DHL password) or FedEx UA (the sender address must match the FedEx account details); Shippo's master rates (USPS and others) are not available for UA origin. Your own carrier account with duties billing to the sender enabled; configuring incoterm DDP in Shippo; customs declarations/HS codes. | Cost = the rate of your carrier account (express level, see DHL/FedEx) + duty ~$10 + the carrier's DDP processing fee (charged by DHL Express and UPS; Shippo does not publish the amounts, the account is debited ~3 weeks after dispatch) + the Shippo fee of $0.05/label on the free Starter plan (on Pro at $17/month there is no fee); Shippo has no rates of its own for UA origin. | Yes, with caveats: the official Shippo×Etsy integration works (auto-import of orders, tracking synchronization — goshippo.com/partners/etsy), but from 01–03.02.2026 Etsy left full auto-sync of shipping data only to the new Packlink/Sendcloud/SendNow by Asendia integrations; Shippo connections created before 01.02.2026 work as before, new ones — with restrictions on importing data from the store. The «DDP for Etsy Purchase Protection» requirement was set by Etsy itself (announcement 09.06.2026, policy in effect from 09.07.2026), not by Shippo; the Shippo mechanism (incoterm DDP + billing duties to your own carrier account) satisfies this requirement. | verified* 2026-07-16 |
What does NOT work from Ukraine (9)
- UPS (directly from Ukraine): all international services to/from Ukraine have been suspended since 2022 and have not been restored — the service alert is active (https://www.ups.com/ua/en/service-alerts, verified 15.07.2026; confirmation: https://eseller365.com/usps-ups-fedex-service-alerts-ukraine-russia/). The Nova Poshta × UPS partnership of 18.02.2026 covers ONLY the USA→Ukraine direction (https://novaposhta.ua/news/nova-poshta-ups-delivery-usa-ukraine/, https://www.kyivpost.com/post/70318). There is no export UPS DDP from UA; the «UPS rates» offered by brokers (GlobalPost) are their own scheme for shipping out via the EU.
- Meest (Meest ПОШТА, UA→US): no DDP — since 01.12.2025 the scheme is recipient-pays only: the recipient in the USA automatically receives a payment link for «17% import duty + $7.50 brokerage fee», 3–4 days to pay; maximum declared value $800/parcel (https://us.meest.com/news/new-us-import-rules-for-shipments-from-ukraine, https://meestposhta.com.ua/delivery-to-usa, verified 15.07.2026). Does not meet the Etsy DDP requirement: the buyer pays on delivery.
- Etsy Shipping Labels: not available to sellers from Ukraine — label purchase is only for US/CA/UK/AU sellers with Etsy Payments/PayPal; consequently there are no «Etsy DDP labels» for UA either (https://help.etsy.com/hc/en-us/articles/360001967188-How-to-Purchase-Shipping-Labels-on-Etsy — the content was obtained via search results, direct access 403; verified 15.07.2026). From 25.08.2025 Etsy also disabled Australia Post/Canada Post/Evri labels for the US direction due to the absence of DDP.
- Sendcloud: Ukraine is not among the origin countries — full support only for AT/BE/FR/DE/IT/NL/ES/UK (+CZ/DK/PL/PT/SE conditionally, with your own contract with the carrier) (https://support.sendcloud.com/hc/en-us/articles/360024842992-How-to-ship-internationally-with-Sendcloud, verified 15.07.2026).
- ShipStation: accounts can only be opened in US/CA/UK/AU/NZ/FR/DE, the Ship From Location must match the account's country → shipping from UA is impossible (https://help.shipstation.com/hc/en-us/articles/360039628211-What-is-ShipStation, verified 15.07.2026). Their DDP feature (Bill International Duties to Payor) is unreachable for a UA seller.
- Easyship: collections and delivery to/from/within Ukraine have been suspended since 24.02.2022 «until further notice»; the announcement page has been removed (404 as of 15.07.2026), no restoration of UA origin has been announced, the current list of origin countries is closed to scraping (https://www.easyship.com/blog/announcement-russia-and-ukraine-shipping-suspended — 404; https://support.easyship.com/hc/en-us/articles/19262777924626 — 403). Confidence low: the status is inferred from the absence of restoration announcements.
- Asendia: no origin operations in Ukraine — offices/operations in 17 countries (Europe, the USA, APAC), Ukraine is not among them; there is nothing for a UA seller to connect to (https://www.asendia.com/ + https://www.asendia.com/contact/faq, verified 15.07.2026).
- Landmark Global (bpost): origin routes US→CA, China→CA, US→EU and the like; Ukraine is not offered as an origin, the service is contract-based for brands, not for micro sellers (https://landmarkglobal.com/us/en/services/cross-border-shipping/, verified 15.07.2026).
- Spring GDS / PostNL Cross-Border: hubs in 20+ countries across Europe/APAC/the Americas, Ukraine is not among the origin countries; a contract-based B2B model (https://www.spring-gds.com/about-us/ + https://www.spring-gds.com/how-it-works/, verified 15.07.2026).
Summary for a micro seller UA→US (5–100 parcels/month, $20–500, without contracts), as of 15.07.2026. Real DDP exists in three forms: (1) postal prepaid — Ukrposhta collects the duty from the sender at dispatch (from 21–24.07.2026 category rates via the built-in Zonos, simplified-clearance threshold $2500, a 10-digit UKTZED code is mandatory) and Nova Poshta with an explicit choice of «платник мита — Відправник» (payer of the duty — Sender; 10% + clearance included; incoterm=DDP in the API); (2) consolidators with prepaid duty and full Etsy integration — Western Bid (limits: Plus $100/parcel, Direct $800/day/recipient) and SkladUSA (auto-DDP, 10% + the HS rate, brokerage at their expense) — the simplest path to meet the Etsy DDP requirement of 09.07.2026; (3) express with duties billed to the sender's account — DHL Express UA (DTP) and FedEx UA (Bill Sender duties; operates from Kyiv since May 2024, U.S. Inbound Processing Fee 108 UAH), on top of which you can add Shippo (Etsy integration + incoterm DDP) or the broker GlobalPost.ua (DDP option, carrier commission $3–25). For goods NOT of Ukrainian origin the rate is higher than 10% — calculate it by HS code. Important not to confuse: globalpost.ua (a Ukrainian broker) ≠ GlobalPost/goglobalpost.com (the US company Auctane); «USPS Delivered Duty Paid» (launched 01.2026) is only for parcels FROM the USA and does not apply to a UA seller; «showing landed cost at checkout» (the Etsy estimator running on Zonos) is not DDP in itself — the seller must still prepay the duty or have it billed to themselves via one of the routes above. Meest and UPS are currently unsuitable for DDP from UA (see no_go): Meest — forced recipient-pays (17% + $7.50 charged to the buyer), which after 09.07.2026 breaks Etsy Purchase Protection and risks compensation being charged back to the seller.
Australia
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| Carrier / service | How duties get paid | How to get access | Cost hint (0.5 kg / $100) | Etsy fit | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Australia Post International Standard / Express via MyPost Business (APBCN) or eParcel (MLID) + Zonos Verified Account (PDDP) | US duties are calculated by Zonos (AusPost's CBP-authorized third-party provider) from the HS code and the country of origin per item. Shipping goes via the ordinary AusPost services; once the data is transmitted, Zonos bills the seller's linked card daily: "Zonos will bill you daily for the duty (and associated postal clearance fees)". Fees: a Zonos handling fee of 10% of the duty amount + a flat admin processing fee (per Interparcel, ~AUD 1.69/parcel). Parcels from business senders WITHOUT a Verified Account are returned to sender. From 28.02.2026 a 10-digit HTS code is mandatory on the label. The buyer pays nothing on receipt — this is true postal DDP (PDDP). | Fully self-serve and free: open a free MyPost Business account (the APBCN number is on the Send & Save dashboard) → create a free Zonos Verified Account (no subscription), link a card and the APBCN. No contract needed. Free MyPost Business; a payment card in Zonos; correct HS codes, country of origin and declared value. No minimum volumes. | Int'l Standard postage for 0.5 kg (Zone 3 US) — per the AusPost calculator (the exact figure could not be extracted from the PDF rate card, see gaps). Duty on a declared value of $100 with the 10% global import surcharge in effect ≈ US$10 + Zonos 10% of the duty (≈US$1) + flat fee ≈AUD1.69. Total tax mark-up ≈ US$11-12 on a $100 parcel. | Yes, but the label is bought outside Etsy (AusPost labels inside Etsy for the US are suspended): the order is fulfilled manually or via integrators (Starshipit, SellerDash, the Shippo AusPost connector), tracking is entered into Etsy. The Etsy DDP requirement of 09.07.2026 is satisfied — duties are prepaid before arrival in the US. | verified 2026-07-15 |
| Starshipit (AU/NZ aggregator) Starshipit + Australia Post (MyPost Business/eParcel) + Zonos Verified Account | The same AusPost PDDP channel: Starshipit generates AusPost labels with HTS codes, and "Zonos will bill this payment method for customs duties, taxes, and postal clearance fees" — the duties are charged to the seller's card in Zonos automatically. It also supports DHL Express and other carriers on your own accounts. | Subscription from AUD 50/month (Starter, up to 100 parcels — exactly the micro-seller range), 30 days free; connect AusPost (APBCN/MLID) and a free Zonos account. Subscription; MyPost Business or eParcel; a Zonos Verified Account with a card. | AusPost postage for 0.5 kg + duty ≈US$10 on $100 + Zonos 10% of the duty + flat ≈AUD1.69 + AUD50/month subscription. | Yes — Starshipit has an Etsy integration with no label surcharges (starshipit.com/partner/etsy-shipping-app). | verified 2026-07-15 |
| Australia Post Retail lodgement at a post office (over-the-counter, POST+) | The US duty and the administration & handling fee are calculated at the POST+ point-of-sale terminal and paid by the sender right at lodgement (prepaid on the spot, shown on the receipt). Retail services to the US were resumed by 07.10.2025. Exceptions: letters/documents with no commercial value and bona fide gifts up to US$100 (only from a private individual to a private individual). | Any sender, without an account — go to an Australia Post outlet and declare the contents, the value and the country of origin. None; only a complete customs declaration. Sales (not gifts) are charged from $0. | Postage per the outlet's price list + ~10% duty on the declared value ($10 on $100) + administration & handling fee (the amount is not publicly stated — see gaps). | Formally yes (the buyer pays nothing), but the process is entirely manual: no integration, tracking into Etsy manually. Inconvenient for 5-100 parcels/month, works as a fallback option. | verified 2026-07-15 |
| UPS (AU) Worldwide Saver/Expedited + the "Bill Duties and Taxes to Shipper" billing option | When creating the label (ups.com / WorldShip / API) you select payment of the duties by the sender — US duties and brokerage fees are billed after the fact to the seller's UPS account. Fees per UPS AU: Duty/Tax Forwarding Surcharge AUD 30 + for US destinations 2% of the duty/tax amount (minimum $14). Important: "If you do not have a UPS payment account and are simply paying with a credit card, the shipment will default to DDU" — retail by card without an account does not give you DDP. | Free registration of a UPS account with a payment account (no contract), or retail DDP via the Interparcel aggregator (the Prepay Duties & Taxes option). UPS payment account; commercial invoice, HS codes. There are no minimum volumes. | Freight for 0.5 kg AU→US per the calculator (not captured from a primary source) + duty ≈US$10 on $100 + AUD 30 forwarding surcharge + 2% (min $14) → a duty-and-fee mark-up of ≈AUD 45-50, which makes the UPS DDP option expensive for a $100 parcel. | Yes: UPS is on the short list of DDP carriers that Etsy names; order integration via ShipStation/Easyship/Shippo with your own account. | verified 2026-07-15 |
| FedEx (AU) International Priority/Connect + "Bill Shipper" for duties & taxes | At the label creation stage you select who pays the duties: "shipping customers can select themselves (the shipper), the recipient, or a third party... The Bill Shipper option needs to be selected for duties and taxes to be invoiced back to the shipper at origin". FedEx pays the US duties at clearance and invoices them to the seller's FedEx account after the fact + a duty forwarding fee (the amount for AU is not confirmed — the fee pages return 403, see gaps). If no payer is selected, the default is the recipient (DDU). | A free FedEx account (no contract) → select Bill Shipper for duties when creating the label; or retail DDP via Interparcel (Prepay Duties & Taxes). FedEx account number; commercial invoice, HS codes. There are no minimum volumes. | Freight for 0.5 kg per the calculator + duty ≈US$10 on $100 + duty & tax forwarding fee (the amount is not captured). | Yes: FedEx is the second carrier that Etsy names in its list of DDP options; integration via ShipStation/Easyship/Shippo. | verified 2026-07-15 |
| Interparcel Australia (aggregator, reseller of UPS/FedEx/DHL/Aramex) Retail booking of UPS / FedEx Express with the "Prepay Duties & Taxes" option | On the quoting page, when booking UPS and FedEx Express, you tick the 'Prepay Duties & Taxes' box — the US duties are prepaid by the seller when buying the label (through Interparcel's partner carrier accounts), and the buyer pays nothing. For Australia Post, Interparcel does not offer DDP (AusPost has its own Zonos channel). | Free registration at au.interparcel.com, pay-per-parcel, no subscription and no contract — the lowest barrier to entry for courier DDP. No minimum volumes; a complete declaration (HS, COO, value). | Discounted courier freight for 0.5 kg AU→US (per the quote) + duty ≈US$10 on $100 + the carrier's service fees; the exact figures are visible only in the quote (the site is closed to bots). | Interparcel does have order import from marketplaces (Shipping Manager); direct Etsy synchronization could not be verified — labels can also be bought manually against the order address. | verified 2026-07-15 |
| ShipStation (AU) ShipStation + your own UPS/FedEx/DHL Express accounts, the "Bill Int'l Duties to Payor of Shipping Charges" option (DDP) | When creating the label you enable 'Bill Int'l Duties to Payor of Shipping Charges' — the duties go not to the recipient but to the payer of the freight (the seller): "any duties, taxes, and/or fees... could be added to your monthly carrier invoice or you may be contacted by the carrier to be billed separately". It works on connected UPS/FedEx/DHL accounts. The "Pre-Paid Duties and Taxes (DDP Guaranteed)" program, with a fixed prepayment on the label, is only for US ShipStation accounts and is unavailable to Australian ones. | A paid ShipStation subscription (an AU version exists) + your own carrier accounts; the Etsy shop connects out of the box. A ShipStation subscription; courier accounts with duty billing. | Freight on your own carrier account + duty ≈US$10 on $100 + the carrier's forwarding fees (UPS: AUD30+2% min $14) + the ShipStation subscription. | Yes — native Etsy integration. | verified 2026-07-15 |
| Shippo Shippo + your own UPS/FedEx/DHL Express accounts (incoterm DDP) | In Shippo, when creating an international label, you select the incoterm: DDU / DDP / FCA. With DDP, "Customs charges will be calculated and charged to you, the sender, approximately three weeks after shipment. Charges will be billed through your carrier account" — after-the-fact billing to the seller's carrier account; DHL Express and UPS charge an additional processing fee. USPS/postal services — DDU only. From Australia, Shippo works through connected accounts of your own (DHL/FedEx/UPS + the Australia Post connector; AusPost DDP via Shippo is not stated). | A free/pay-per-label Shippo account + your own courier accounts (Shippo's own discounted rates are unavailable for AU-origin). Your own carrier accounts with billing; declarations with HS. | Freight on your own account + duty ≈US$10 on $100 + the carrier's processing fee. | Yes — Shippo has an Etsy integration. | verified 2026-07-15 |
| Zonos Zonos Landed Cost / Checkout + Dashboard Lite (DDP infrastructure, not a carrier) | Zonos does not carry anything itself — it is a calculation and remittance layer. Two applications: (1) for the Australia Post channel — that same Verified Account PDDP mechanic (see route #1), Dashboard Lite is free for AusPost customers, pay-per-shipment with no subscription; (2) Landed Cost guarantee for your own site (Shopify and the like): the duties are calculated and collected from the buyer at checkout, Zonos guarantees the amount and remits it; fee 2 USD + 10% of duties/taxes per order. IMPORTANT: showing landed cost at checkout is NOT DDP by itself; DDP only comes about in combination with carrier billing or postal PDDP. | Self-serve: a free Verified Account/Dashboard Lite for AusPost senders; the paid products (Checkout/Landed Cost API) — for your own store. A card; for Checkout — your own site (it does not embed into Etsy). | AusPost channel: 10% of the duties + flat ≈AUD1.69; Landed Cost guarantee: $2 + 10% of duties/taxes per order. | Only indirectly (through the AusPost channel); Zonos Checkout is incompatible with Etsy. | verified 2026-07-15 |
| Asendia (SendNow) SendNow by Asendia — a self-serve platform for Australian SMEs ("Pre-Pay Delivery Duty" on some of the services) | A dual description in their materials: "When getting your quote, you'll notice a 'Pre-Pay Delivery Duty' banner above some of our services" (prepayment when buying the label) and, for Customs Pre-paid services — "parcels are delivered to your customers and any duty and taxes are invoiced back to you" (an after-the-fact invoice). The availability of DDP specifically on the US lane from the quote is not publicly confirmed (see gaps). The basis is the Asendia network (e-PAQ), which does have DDP to the US (e-PAQ Select "customs prepaid"). | Self-serve registration at send.asendia.com/au: "No subscription. No contracts", "No minimum volume" — the platform is positioned explicitly for SMEs up to ~500 parcels/month. Only an account; declaration data. No minimums. | "Starting From $7.28" (not tied to a lane); the 0.5 kg US rate and the size of the DDP fees — only from a quote inside the account. | Partially: Seller Hub integrates with Amazon and eBay; Etsy is not stated — Etsy orders will have to be entered manually. | verified 2026-07-15 |
| DHL Express (AU) Express Worldwide + the "Duty Tax Paid" (DTP) billing option in MyDHL+ | From the Service & Rate Guide AU 2026: "Duty Tax Paid — DHL can arrange for the shipper or a third party to be billed for any duties and taxes payable at destination, rather than the receiver of the shipment being billed". DHL pays the US duties/taxes at clearance and issues an after-the-fact invoice to the sender's DHL account; a DTP fee applies (the amount for AU is not disclosed in the guide's table — see gaps). The duty can be estimated in advance with the free MyGTS (Global Trade Services). ⚠️ Verified correction: The DTP mechanic and the quote are confirmed verbatim (Service & Rate Guide AU 2026, p. 9), the service works, the DDP is genuine. But the statement «the amount of the DTP fee for AU is not disclosed in the guide's table — see gaps» is incorrect: in the same PDF, on p. 20, the fee is stated explicitly — «Duty Tax Paid: 2% of fiscal charges with minimum of 30 AUD» (and in the same place Duty Tax Processing: 3% min 23 AUD). Verified by extracting the text from the PDF on 2026-07-15. The rest is correct: DTP requires a DHL account (billing to an account number), without an account the duties go to the recipient; MyGTS is free; AU→US works normally. | Open a DHL Express business account (invoicing; DHL checks volumes/credit history, but there are no volume contract commitments for SMBs) → in MyDHL+, when creating the label, select the sender as the payer of duties & taxes. DTP is unavailable to one-off senders paying by card without an account (without an account the duties go to the recipient). DHL Express account (credit department approval), ABN; correct HS codes. There are no minimum volumes, but account management is geared toward businesses. | Express rate for 0.5 kg AU→US per the account's price list (a retail benchmark is not captured from a primary source) + duty ≈US$10 on $100 + DTP fee (the amount is not confirmed). Substantially more expensive than post, but 2-5 days and full tracking. | Good: Etsy explicitly recommends DDP carriers; Etsy orders are pulled in via Easyship/ShipStation/Starshipit with a DHL account, or labels are created in MyDHL+ manually. | verified* 2026-07-15 |
| Easyship Easyship (free plan) + couriers with the prepaid Duties & Taxes option (DHL/UPS/FedEx) | At the quote stage you select 'Pre-paid (DDP)': "taxes and duties are already included in the shipping cost"; the courier charges a DDP Handling Fee + a disbursement fee (% of the advanced duties). The list of couriers is limited when prepaid is selected: "postal and hybrid services typically do not support this option" — from AU these are DHL/UPS/FedEx (your own accounts are linked; for a linked DHL, Easyship builds in a default DDP fee of AUD 10, which is editable). The actual duties are reconciled against the courier's invoices. ⚠️ Verified correction: The DDP mechanic is confirmed (the Pre-paid option, the DDP Handling Fee, postal/hybrid not supporting prepaid, the default DDP fee of AUD 10 for a linked DHL — it all checks out). But how_to_access is incorrect: per the Easyship 2026 pricing, the FREE plan (50 parcels/month) does NOT include Link Your Own Courier — connecting your own DHL/UPS/FedEx accounts is available only from the Plus plan (~US$29/month, 500 parcels). This means the described scheme «a linked DHL + a DDP fee of AUD 10» requires a paid subscription; on the free plan only Easyship's pre-negotiated rates remain (and the 50/month limit covers only the lower half of the micro-seller range of 5-100/month). Sources: easyship.com/plans, wearefounders.uk/easyship-pricing-2026-every-plan-explained (verified 2026-07-15). | The free Easyship plan, AU-origin is supported; you can use Easyship's pre-negotiated rates or connect your own courier accounts. Registration; for your own rates — courier accounts. There are no minimum volumes. | Freight per the quote (rates for 0.5 kg AU→US are not displayed without logging in) + duty ≈US$10 on $100 + DDP handling (≈AUD10 with DHL) + disbursement %. | Yes — an official Etsy integration (easyship.com/integrations/etsy-shipping): orders are synced, DDP labels are bought from the dashboard. | verified* 2026-07-15 |
What does NOT work from Australia (9)
- Sendle — the MAIN negative of the matrix: on 11.01.2026 Sendle halted ALL bookings in Australia ("effective immediately, Sendle will be halting all bookings for parcel pickup and delivery") because of the collapse of its parent FAST Group ("unable to secure the capital required to sustain operations"); the shutdown is permanent, there is no relaunch as of 15.07.2026. Their "Duties Paid (DDP Price Guaranteed)" product for the US (duties in the label price, AUD $800 limit) was ideal for micro-sellers, but it is dead — the try.sendle.com marketing pages are still up and are misleading. Sources: https://www.valueaddedresource.net/sendle-shutdown-australian-ebay-sellers-in-limbo/ (2026-01-11, upd 2026-01-12); https://goshippo.com/blog/sendle-has-ceased-all-operations-as-of-january-2026; https://www.easyship.com/blog/sendle-shutdown; DDP pages: https://try.sendle.com/en-au/delivered-duty-paid-shipping (verified 2026-07-15)
- Etsy Shipping Labels (for AU sellers) — Australia Post labels for the US lane have been suspended by Etsy since ~25.08.2025 ("Etsy has temporarily suspended the purchase and use of US-bound shipping labels through Evri, Australia Post, and Canada Post... will reactivate label offerings when these carriers are able to support orders into the US with DDP options"); as of 15.07.2026 no reactivation for Australia has been announced — DDP via native Etsy labels is unavailable in AU (unlike the UK, where there are Royal Mail DDP labels). Sources: https://help.etsy.com/hc/en-us/articles/360001987487-Information-for-Managing-International-Shipments (snippet, page returns 403 to bots, verified 2026-07-15); https://iscompliant.app/Blog/etsy-tariff-de-minimis-international-sellers (2026-02-23, upd 2026-03-22); https://iscompliant.app/Blog/etsy-ddp-shipping-mandate
- Sendcloud — does not support shipping FROM Australia at all (origin is only 8 countries: AT, BE, FR, DE, IT, NL, ES, UK) — there is no route. Source: https://www.sendcloud.com/international-shipping/ and https://support.sendcloud.com/hc/en-us/articles/360024842992 (verified 2026-07-15)
- Landmark Global (bpost) — works from AU (an AU/NZ/Asia network, DDP to the US in its portfolio), but ONLY under contract via sales ("Let's build a transport and delivery solution that fits your business", a contact form/phone, no prices, no self-serve) — unavailable to a micro-seller at 5-100 parcels/month. Source: https://landmarkglobal.com/au/en/services/parcel-delivery (verified 2026-07-15)
- Spring GDS / PostNL Cross-Border — unavailable to a micro-seller from AU: Spring is aimed at businesses from ~100 international parcels/month, and their new PDDP product for the US is built on the PostNL×USPS pairing (EU-origin); there is no self-serve channel from Australia. PostNL does not work directly from AU (Spring is its subsidiary). Sources: https://apps.shopify.com/spring-gds-shipping ("ideal for e-commerce businesses sending at least 100 international parcels per month"); https://www.parcelandpostaltechnologyinternational.com/news/cross-border/spring-gds-launches-pddp-service-to-simplify-tariff-and-customs-requirements-for-us-shipping.html (verified 2026-07-15)
- Aramex Australia (ex-Fastway) — there is NO public DDP product to the US for small senders: the rates "exclude customs duty, taxes and any other local charges... which will have to be paid by the customer or consignee", all responsibility for DDP/DDU is shifted onto the customer in the T&C, and no prepay option was found on the site/in the quote. Source: https://www.aramex.com.au/terms-and-conditions/conditions-of-carriage/international-terms-and-conditions/ (verified 2026-07-15)
- One-off retail DHL/UPS shipments paid by bank card WITHOUT a carrier account — DDP is impossible: UPS states plainly "If you do not have a UPS payment account and are simply paying with a credit card, the shipment will default to DDU"; with DHL Express the billing services (DTP) are available only to customers with an account. DDP always requires at least a free account or an aggregator. Sources: https://www.ups.com/au/en/shipping/international-shipping/tariffs (snippet 2026-07-15); DHL Service & Rate Guide AU 2026 (the Duty Billing Services section)
- Australia Post online business shipping WITHOUT a Zonos Verified Account — does not work: "Shipments that are not linked to a Zonos Verified Account and are unable to have duties paid to CBP, will be returned to sender". Source: https://zonos.com/australia-post + auspost.com.au/.../us-tariffs (verified 2026-07-15)
- ShipStation "Pre-Paid Duties and Taxes (DDP Guaranteed)" — guaranteed prepayment of duties on the label is available only to accounts registered in the US ("for accounts based in the US"); Australian sellers are left with only the classic Bill-Duties-to-Payor on their own carrier accounts. Source: https://help.shipstation.com/hc/en-us/articles/42998005916699 (verified 2026-07-15)
Context as of 15.07.2026: the $800 de minimis was abolished on 29.08.2025; from 28.02.2026 the postal flat fee died and a 10-digit HTS is mandatory on postal labels to the US; from 24.02.2026 a 10% global import surcharge (Section 122) is in effect for 150 days; from 09.07.2026 Etsy denies Purchase Protection to non-DDP parcels. Practical conclusion for a micro-seller from AU (0.5 kg, $100, 5-100 pcs/month): (1) The cheapest working DDP channel is Australia Post MyPost Business + a free Zonos Verified Account: duty ~10% + 10% of the duty + ~AUD1.7, limit $800/parcel; Etsy orders are processed manually or via Starshipit (AUD50/month). (2) Courier DDP without opening accounts — Interparcel with the Prepay Duties & Taxes tick box (UPS/FedEx) or Easyship (free plan, has Etsy sync). (3) Direct DHL Express (DTP), UPS and FedEx (Bill Shipper) accounts give DDP by after-the-fact billing, but the forwarding fees (UPS: AUD30 + 2% min $14) make them expensive for $20-100 order values — they are justified closer to $200-500 and for speed. The AU market is instructive for its negatives: Sendle (the only «built-in» DDP product for micro-sellers) died on 11.01.2026, AusPost Etsy labels have been frozen since 25.08.2025, the consolidators (Landmark, Spring/PostNL, classic Asendia e-PAQ) are closed off by the contract threshold — the only self-serve gap among the consolidators is Asendia SendNow (DDP to the US not confirmed). How the channels differ by mechanism: postal PDDP (AusPost/Zonos — card billed after the fact, the buyer is clean), courier DTP/Bill-Shipper (duties onto the seller's carrier invoice after the fact), aggregator prepaid (Interparcel/Easyship — duties in the label price up front). Zonos Checkout/Landed Cost by itself is NOT DDP — only a calculation layer; DDP arises in combination with postal PDDP or carrier billing.
Japan
New to this? Read the full walk-through: selling from Japan to the US.
| Carrier / service | How duties get paid | How to get access | Cost hint (0.5 kg / $100) | Etsy fit | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DHL Express Japan EXPRESS WORLDWIDE + Duty Tax Paid (DTP) billing service | Classic express DDP: the 'Duty Tax Paid' option — 'DHL can arrange for the shipper or a third party to be billed for any duties and taxes payable at destination'. DHL US performs customs clearance, pays CBP, and the duties are billed after the fact to the sender's Japanese account. DTP fee (Rate Guide 2026 Japan): 2% of fiscal charges, minimum ¥3,300 (tax incl.). The label carries a DTP mark | Free DHL Express account: opened online in 2–3 business days, available even to a sole proprietor without a 法人番号 and without business registration; new accounts get a 50% discount for 4 months, then a Dynamic Discount of up to 70%. Ship via MyDHL+ (duty payer = sender) or via Ship&co / Easyship with the DDP flag. For a one-off card-paid shipment WITHOUT an account, DTP cannot be selected (duty billing requires an account) DHL account (free, credit card); correct HS codes/invoice | Published rate 2026: 0.5 kg non-doc to the USA (Zone 5) = ¥21,200 BEFORE discounts; with a typical account discount of 50–70% ≈ ¥6,400–10,600 + fuel surcharge + DTP min ¥3,300 + duty ~$10 on $100. Realistically ≈ ¥11,000–15,500 all in | Yes: Etsy orders integrated via Ship&co or Easyship; labels outside Etsy | verified 2026-07-15 |
| Ship&co (BERTRAND, Kyoto) — label aggregator Ship&co: DDP flag for DHL/FedEx/UPS (+ Yamato/Pegasus for contract holders) and Japan Post DDP labels with Zonos prepayment | Does not collect the duties itself — it is an interface layer: (a) for express carriers it sets the DDP option on the label ('Delivered Duty Paid' checkbox / API "duty_paid": true), the duties are billed to the seller's own carrier account (FedEx: 'D/T: account' on the label; DHL: 'DTP'; UPS: 'BILLING: F/D'); third-party accounts for paying duties are not supported; (b) since 24.06.2026 — generation of Japan Post labels (EMS and others) with prepayment of US duties via Zonos (officially announced by Japan Post) | Free registration, 従量課金 payment (pay-per-label, new rate table since 20.02.2026); connect your own carrier accounts (DHL/FedEx/UPS/国際郵便マイページ) and stores Etsy/eBay/Shopify/Amazon and others Your own carrier accounts (for express DDP); for Japan Post DDP — a 国際郵便マイページ account + Zonos | Platform fee per label (on the order of tens of yen per label, the exact new rate table has not been recorded) + your carrier's rates + its DDP fees | Yes, direct integration with Etsy (orders are pulled in, tracking is returned) — effectively the main practical way to do Etsy DDP from Japan | verified 2026-07-15 |
| UPS Japan UPS Worldwide Saver/Expedited + 'Bill duties and taxes to shipper' (Free Domicile) | The duties are billed to the Japanese sender's UPS account (the label shows 'BILLING: F/D' — Free Domicile). Fee: Duty/Tax Forwarding Surcharge JPY 2,700 per parcel, 'when the duties and/or taxes are billed outside the destination country'. The official UPS page warns explicitly: with one-off card payment WITHOUT an account, parcels go DDU only (the recipient pays) — DDP is not available | Open a UPS account (free, online), select duty billing to your own account in UPS shipping tools; or via Ship&co / Easyship with your own UPS account A UPS account is mandatory for DDP; after-the-fact invoices for the duties | Freight at account rates (the retail list is not verified); duty part for $100: duty ~$10 + ¥2,700 forwarding surcharge | Yes: via Ship&co/Easyship (Etsy integration) | verified 2026-07-15 |
| Easyship Easyship (JP origin): DHL/FedEx/UPS at discounted rates or Link-Your-Own-Courier + Prepaid Duties (DDP) option | At label checkout you select 'Tax & Duty: Prepay' — only couriers that support DDP are shown; the duties + the courier's DDP handling fee are included in the seller's Easyship invoice (or are billed to your own connected carrier account). Official Easyship disclaimer: 'Most courier services on Easyship do not offer prepaid duty and tax options' — the choice from JP is limited to express couriers | Free plan; online registration; Japan is supported as an origin ('You are currently shipping from Japan', DHL Express/FedEx/UPS are available); Etsy/eBay/Shopify integrations An Easyship account; for LYOC — your own carrier accounts | The courier's rate (Easyship discounts 'up to 91%' are marketing) + duty ~$10 + the courier's DDP handling/disbursement fee (a percentage of the duties; specific JP amounts are not published) | Yes, there is an integration with Etsy | verified 2026-07-15 |
| Japan Post (日本郵便) EMS (物品) / 国際小包 / 小形包装物 + duty prepayment via Zonos Prepay (米国宛て関税等の事前支払い) | True prepaid DDP on the label: since 14.04.2026 Japan Post accepts any parcels to the USA provided that the sender pays the duties to CBP themselves BEFORE shipping, through the app of a CBP-qualified operator (認定事業者). The only operator recommended by Japan Post is Zonos ('Zonos is currently the only certified company we recommend'). Zonos Prepay calculates the duties (AI classification by Zonos Vision from a photo/manually), accepts card payment, remits to CBP and issues a 13-digit Declaration ID; the address label states 'DDP + declaration number'. Zonos commission ~$1.50 per declaration + guarantee (no additional charges to the sender/recipient). Documents and gifts ≤$100 — no duties and no prepayment. Since 24.06.2026 such prepaid labels can be generated directly from Ship&co (Zonos × BERTRAND partnership, officially announced by Japan Post) ⚠️ Verified correction: The route is real and in effect (verified 2026-07-15): acceptance resumed 14.04.2026, Zonos is the only recommended 認定事業者, the label reads «DDP-13桁の申告番号», drop-off at 指定郵便局, documents and gifts ≤$100 — no prepayment; since 19.06.2026 there is a web version of the app, since 24.06.2026 — labels via Ship&co. BUT two errors: (1) NOT «any parcels provided prepayment is made»: per the table in press release 0413_01_01.pdf, prepayment is mandatory only for dutiable parcels ≤$800 (including goods cheaper than $100); parcels >800USD are accepted WITHOUT prepayment («関税の事前支払い: 不要») — the recipient pays the duties via formal entry, and the Zonos app does not process them at all («Shipments over $800 USD cannot be processed through the Prepay app»). (2) The «~$1.50 per declaration» commission is not confirmed: Japan Post only writes «Zonos社が定める利用料金がかかります», the official manual does not name an amount («手数料 = 通関手数料＋為替コスト», per package); actual observations from July 2026: ~$3.99 + 10% of the duty amount (X @kk_kumajoi, post 2044438378062782815), the ebay-marketing-tool blog (updated 07.07.2026): Zonos fees ≈4% of the item price. The «no additional duties» guarantee is confirmed (zonos.com/japan-post). All source_urls are live. | Full retail, WITHOUT a contract: install the free Zonos Prepay app (no subscription), pay the duties by card, hand the parcel in at a designated (指定) post office; the label — via 国際郵便マイページ or Ship&co. The only DDP route available without any carrier account at all Smartphone/web + a card for Zonos; hand-in only at designated post offices (not at all branches); 'DDP' marking + Declaration ID on the label; commercial goods of any value up to $800 require prepayment | EMS 0.5 kg to the USA (zone 4): ¥3,900 (incl. temporary surcharges) + duty ~10% of $100 ≈ $10 (Section 122 rate as of July 2026) + Zonos fee ~$1.50 (+ Zonos clearance/processing fee). Total ≈ ¥3,900 + ~$12–14 in fees/duties | Yes: the label is bought outside Etsy (there are no Etsy Labels in JP anyway), tracking is entered manually or via Ship&co (Ship&co has direct integration with Etsy). Satisfies the Etsy requirement of 09.07.2026: the duties are prepaid, the buyer pays nothing on receipt | verified* 2026-07-15 |
| FedEx Japan FedEx International Priority / International Connect Plus (FICP) + 'Bill duties/taxes to Sender' | When creating the shipment you select duty payer = Sender, entering the sender's FedEx account number ('関税/税金/手数料を支払う当事者をそれぞれ選択…アカウント・ナンバーを入力'). FedEx US pays CBP and invoices the Japanese account plus a fee for advancing the duties; on top of that, clearance entry fees have applied to low-value shipments since 29.08.2025 ($9.75 at $0–200, $19.50 at $200.01–800). ⚠️ Verified correction: The mechanism and access are confirmed (duty payer = Sender with entry of the FedEx account number — ja-jp FAQ; free account for 個人/business, discounts up to 70% — open-account.html; clearance entry fees confirmed). TWO DIFFERENT FEES SEPARATED (verification of 19.07.2026). FedEx charges either the Disbursement Fee or the Duty and Tax Forwarding Fee, depending on WHERE the duty payer sits. Verbatim from fedex.com: «Disbursement Fee (applies to duty and tax payors) or Duty and Tax Forwarding Fee (applies to duties and taxes invoiced to third-party payors outside the destination country/territory)»; «If a shipper uses a third-party billing service in which duties and taxes are paid outside of the destination country, they will be charged a Duty and Tax Forwarding Fee instead». A seller who bills US duties to their own non-US account (Bill Sender) is a payer OUTSIDE the destination country, so their charge is the Duty and Tax Forwarding Fee: from 05.01.2026 the greater of $15 or 2% of duty/tax/MPF at a customs value of ≤$800; the greater of $29 or 2% above $800. The Disbursement Fee (from 20.07.2026 the greater of $17,50 or 2,5%; previously $15 or 2%) covers the case where the duties are collected from the recipient in the US, i.e. DDU/DAP, not our scenario. Indirect confirmation of the split: UPS follows exactly the same logic — its Duty and Tax Forwarding Charge is billed precisely when the sender pays the duties (already recorded in the matrix for ES/IT/PL/FR/JP). Separately: «2,5% or €15» is the Disbursement Fee for shipments DESTINED FOR THE EU («applies to all shipments destined to European Union member states», it does not apply intra-EU); it has no bearing on US-bound routes at all. OPEN QUESTION: FedEx Japan announced a revision of both fee families from 20.07.2026, but no new forwarding fee amount has been published anywhere; fedex.com itself blocks all automated fetches (403/error page), so the figures come from secondary sources (Reveel, LJM) and from fedex.com wording via the search index. Manual verification against the logged-in rate sheet — HT-12. FedEx JP (service-news) confirms the revision of 立替手数料 and 関税取扱手数料 from 20.07.2026 (except shipments with automatic card payment of the duties) — that is precisely the open question above. The source x.com/shipandco/status/1959101444843610334 is unverifiable (login wall), but the fact of FedEx DDP in Ship&co with the «D/T: account» mark is confirmed by the Ship&co help centre; fedex.com/ja-jp pages block fetchers (403), the content was verified via the search index. | Free FedEx JP account (personal or business, online registration with a credit card; discounts up to 70%); shipping via FedEx Ship Manager; for marketplace sellers — via Ship&co (DDP checkbox, 'D/T: <account>' on the label) or eLogi (eBay) A FedEx account (free) — without it, billing the duties to the sender is impossible; a correct commercial invoice with HS codes | Freight depends heavily on account discounts (the retail list could not be verified — the domain blocks fetching); benchmark for the duty part on $100: duty ~$10 + Duty and Tax Forwarding Fee (since 2026-01-05: the greater of $15 or 2% of duty/tax/MPF at a customs value of ≤$800; the greater of $29 or 2% above $800) ≈ $25 on top of the freight. Via eLogi (FICP) secondary sources give ~¥2,200–2,700 for 300 g | Yes: integration with Etsy via Ship&co; directly through Ship Manager — the label is outside Etsy | verified* 2026-07-19 |
| Japan Post (日本郵便) UGX (ゆうグローバルエクスプレス / Yu Global Express) with the 関税等元払い option | A courier (not postal) channel of Japan Post; it worked to the USA without interruption throughout the postal suspension period (it was officially offered as an alternative). The 関税等元払い DDP option: Japan Post's agent in the destination country advances the duties to customs, then a monthly after-the-fact billing to the sender's account: '荷送人さまに、1カ月分の関税等および関税等立替手数料をまとめて運賃料金と共にご請求いたします' (duties + the 立替 commission + freight in a single invoice the following month) ⚠️ Verified correction: The route is real and in effect (verified 2026-07-15): acceptance resumed 14.04.2026, Zonos is the only recommended 認定事業者, the label reads «DDP-13桁の申告番号», drop-off at 指定郵便局, documents and gifts ≤$100 — no prepayment; since 19.06.2026 there is a web version of the app, since 24.06.2026 — labels via Ship&co. BUT two errors: (1) NOT «any parcels provided prepayment is made»: per the table in press release 0413_01_01.pdf, prepayment is mandatory only for dutiable parcels ≤$800 (including goods cheaper than $100); parcels >800USD are accepted WITHOUT prepayment («関税の事前支払い: 不要») — the recipient pays the duties via formal entry, and the Zonos app does not process them at all («Shipments over $800 USD cannot be processed through the Prepay app»). (2) The «~$1.50 per declaration» commission is not confirmed: Japan Post only writes «Zonos社が定める利用料金がかかります», the official manual does not name an amount («手数料 = 通関手数料＋為替コスト», per package); actual observations from July 2026: ~$3.99 + 10% of the duty amount (X @kk_kumajoi, post 2044438378062782815), the ebay-marketing-tool blog (updated 07.07.2026): Zonos fees ≈4% of the item price. The «no additional duties» guarantee is confirmed (zonos.com/japan-post). All source_urls are live. | A light contract, available to a sole proprietor: (1) a 料金後納 agreement (deferred monthly payment, ゆうびんビズカード card), (2) 法人会員登録 in 国際郵便マイページ — 'registration is possible for private individuals too' (個人事業主も法人会員登録が可能), (3) prior agreement of the shipping plan (goods/destinations) with Japan Post Concluding a 後納 agreement and registering; prior approval of the product range; monthly post-payment | ~¥6,900 for 0.5 kg to North America + duty (~$10 on $100) + 関税等立替手数料 (per unofficial data ~¥1,200 or 3% — the amount is not officially published). The freight figures come from a secondary source, low confidence | Yes, as an external label (the label and tracking are outside Etsy); direct Etsy automation for UGX is not confirmed | verified* 2026-07-15 |
| eLogi (eBay Japan × mipick) — for eBay sellers only eLogi: discounted FedEx labels, DDP by default for the USA | eBay Japan's label platform on top of FedEx: for the USA, DDP is set by default (DDU has to be enabled manually); the duties and fees are charged to the seller separately after the label is issued/delivered (billing via eLogi/PayPal card). Context: since 17.10.2025 eBay requires DDP for shipments to the USA with a value of up to $2,500 ⚠️ Verified correction: The route itself is confirmed: eLogi is an official eBay Japan tool, developed and operated by mipick; registration is free, an eBay account is required; for the USA FedEx shipments go DDP by default (DDU is enabled manually), the duties are billed to the seller separately after the label is issued (ebay-marketing-tool, updated 21.05.2026); the eBay DDP requirement since 17.10.2025 for US transactions <$2,500 is confirmed (official page ebay.co.jp/ddp-info «米国向け取引におけるDDP発送必須化について» + banner «This item includes applicable import fees…»). Corrections: (1) the source japanebayschool.com/archives/21762 does NOT mention eLogi (the article is about setting up a shipping policy) — replace it with japanebayschool.com/archives/3346 or elogi.jp; (2) ebay.co.jp/ddp-info is a JS page, automated fetchers see only the tracker (for the guide it is better to duplicate it with a screenshot); (3) since 2025 eLogi is multi-carrier (FedEx/DHL/UPS), the DDP default for the USA relates to FedEx, DHL in eLogi is DDU by default. | Free registration for eBay Japan sellers (an eBay account is required; your own FedEx account is created/linked in the process); payment by PayPal/card An active eBay account; eBay orders only | Secondary sources: ~¥2,200–2,700 for 300 g (FICP class) + duty ~10% + FedEx DDP fees; for 0.5 kg/$100 the benchmark is ~¥3,000–4,500 freight + ~$25 duty/fees (not verified against an official price list) | No — works only with eBay orders (not applicable to Etsy) | verified* 2026-07-15 |
| Zonos (for your own store, not Etsy) Zonos Landed Cost / Duty and Tax (Shopify app) with Landed Cost Guarantee | Full-fledged DDP for your own site: Zonos calculates the landed cost at checkout (the buyer pays everything at once or the seller builds it into the price), the parcel goes out DDP, and at that 'duties and taxes are billed to Zonos' carrier account' (DHL/FedEx/UPS; for UPS a waiver on the duty & tax forwarding surcharge is needed) — the buyer pays nothing on delivery; Zonos guarantees the calculation ('Zonos covers any landed cost discrepancies'). Transactionally: $2 + 10% of the duties/taxes/fees per order (guaranteed landed cost), BUT on top of an annual subscription — see indicative_cost. Not to be confused with simply displaying the landed cost without remittance — here Zonos actually pays the duties | Install the Shopify app 'Zonos Duty and Tax' (registration at account.zonos.com, Zonos is connected as a carrier in Shopify shipping zones). A Shopify Grow plan or higher is required (Basic is not supported) + access to the Carrier Service API: included in Advanced+/annual billing, otherwise an add-on ~$20/month, activated through Shopify support. Works on top of your carrier accounts or Zonos accounts; Japan is on the list of 59 supported Zonos merchant countries Your own store: Shopify Grow+ with the Carrier Service API (or BigCommerce/Magento/WooCommerce/Miva/API — via Zonos Checkout/JS); a payment method for Zonos invoices; it does not connect to Etsy (Etsy is absent from the list of Zonos integrations) | Attention: on top of $2 + 10% of the amount of duties/fees per order (at $100 with a ~$10 duty — the MFN base rate + the 10% Section 122 surcharge — ≈ $3 above the duty), the Zonos listing in the Shopify App Store states a Standard subscription of $2,500/year (Premium $4,000/year; 14-day trial; there is no cheaper plan), and the Zonos docs state setup fees of $2,000–4,000. Entry ≈$200+/month — for micro volumes this is as a rule not cost-effective (the product is designed for steady international turnover); on the Grow plan add Shopify's CCS add-on ~$20/month; the carrier's freight is separate | No (own store only: Shopify etc.); for Etsy orders use Japan Post+Zonos Prepay or Ship&co | verified* 2026-07-16 |
What does NOT work from Japan (11)
- Yamato Transport 国際宅急便 (International TA-Q-BIN) — there is NO DDP for retail senders: officially '米国側で発生する関税等諸費用は、荷受人さまのご負担となります' (US duties are paid by the recipient); after-the-fact billing of the duties is possible ONLY under a corporate agreement (法人契約) with Yamato; since 02.06.2025 an ICOD fee of $12/parcel has been introduced if the recipient has not paid the duties before delivery. For a micro-seller without a contract — DDU only. Sources: https://www.kuronekoyamato.co.jp/ytc/info/info_250828_1.html (updated 2025-10-09, no more recent policy found), https://www.kuronekoyamato.co.jp/ytc/info/info_250530_1.html (ICOD), https://faq.kuronekoyamato.co.jp/app/answers/detail/a_id/5931/ (verified 2026-07-15). Caveat: in Ship&co a DDP flag for 'Yamato International' does exist — but only for customers with a contract Yamato account
- Sagawa 飛脚国際宅配便 (SG Holdings) — there is NO DDP: '仕向地において関税が発生した場合、荷受人さま負担となります' (the duties are on the recipient), the 関税元払い option is not offered; a 顧客コード (customer agreement) is needed in order to ship. Its postal product 飛脚グローバルポスト便 to the USA has been suspended since 26.08.2025 (except documents and gifts ≤$100). Sources: https://www.sagawa-exp.co.jp/service/h-kokusai/ (verified 2026-07-15), https://netshop.impress.co.jp/node/14710 (2025-08)
- Etsy Shipping Labels — NOT AVAILABLE to sellers from Japan: Etsy labels are bought only by sellers from US/Canada/UK/Australia ('If you're in another country, you can purchase shipping labels from a local shipping carrier'); i.e. Etsy has no built-in DDP label for JP — the DDP requirement of 09.07.2026 is met only through external services. Sources: https://help.etsy.com/hc/en-us/articles/360001967188-How-to-Purchase-Shipping-Labels-on-Etsy (hc 403 for the fetcher, text from a search citation, verified 2026-07-15), https://www.insightagent.app/guides/ship-internationally-on-etsy
- Sendcloud — does NOT work from Japan: the platform serves European origin countries (NL/BE/DE/FR/ES/IT/AT/UK etc.), there is no JP origin and no Japanese carriers. Source: https://www.sendcloud.com/carriers/ (verified 2026-07-15)
- Spring GDS / PostNL Cross-Border — does NOT work from Japan for micro-sellers: Spring's origin countries via Sendcloud are UK/FR/DE/AT/ES/IT; the operational centres are Europe/US/HK-SG hubs, there is no retail acceptance in Japan. Sources: https://www.sendcloud.com/en-uk/couriers/spring-gds/ (verified 2026-07-15), https://www.spring-gds.com/
- Asendia — does NOT work from Japan: offices in 17 countries, in Asia only Singapore and Hong Kong; Japan appears only as a destination. On top of that Asendia is a contract B2B consolidator, not retail. Source: https://www.asendia.com/destination/asia (verified 2026-07-15)
- Landmark Global (bpost) — not available to a micro-seller from JP: an enterprise consolidator with contract onboarding for large retailers; there is no public JP-origin product (mentions of 'facilities in Japan' are found only at tracking aggregators, not officially confirmed). Source: https://landmarkglobal.com/eu/en/ (verified 2026-07-15). Confidence low
- ShipStation — JP origin is not supported: the platform works for sellers from US/CA/UK/AU/NZ/EU, there are no Japanese carriers and no Japanese unit; no statements about support for Japan were found. Source: https://help.shipstation.com/hc/en-us/articles/360026157991-International-Shipping-Overview (verified 2026-07-15). Confidence medium (proof of absence)
- DHL eCommerce (the eCommerce Solutions division, the «cheap» postal-like channel) — there are no origin operations in Japan: from JP, DHL works only via DHL Express; a budget tracked DDP channel from DHL out of Japan does not exist. Source: https://www.dhl.com/discover/en-jp/ship-with-dhl/export (verified 2026-07-15)
- Japan Post's ordinary channels WITHOUT Zonos prepayment (EMS/小形包装物 'as before', DDU) — effectively closed for commercial goods: since 27.08.2025 goods >$100 were not accepted, since 14.04.2026 they are accepted ONLY with prepayment of the duties (DDP) for $100–800; sending an item worth more than $100 to the USA 'DDU by post' is impossible in principle. Source: https://www.post.japanpost.jp/service/send/oversea/information/2026/0413_01.html (2026-04-13)
- DHL Express / UPS one-off retail WITHOUT an account (card payment) — DDP is not available: with UPS, parcels without an account go DDU only (officially), with DHL the DTP billing service is tied to an account. Opening a free account removes the barrier. Sources: https://www.ups.com/jp/en/support/international-tools-resources/understanding-customs, https://www.dhl.com/discover/content/dam/japan/download-files/service/service_and_rate_guide_jp_en_2026.pdf (verified 2026-07-15)
Key takeaways for a micro-seller JP→US (as of 2026-07-15). (1) The cheapest and the only fully contract-free DDP route is Japan Post + Zonos Prepay (EMS 0.5 kg ¥3,900 + ~10% duty + $1.50), limit $800, hand-in at designated post offices; since 24.06.2026 it is automated via Ship&co, which satisfies the Etsy mandate of 09.07.2026. (2) Express DDP (DHL DTP 2%/min ¥3,300; FedEx Duty and Tax Forwarding $15/2% at ≤$800 and $29/2% above $800; UPS ¥2,700) is available to a micro-seller, since accounts with all three are opened free online (DHL/FedEx — even for a sole proprietor without business registration, discounts 50–70%), but 'retail without an account' does not give DDP anywhere. (3) All national couriers except Japan Post (Yamato, Sagawa) remain DDU-only for non-contract customers — contrary to expectations, by July 2026 Yamato has still not launched retail DDP. (4) Consolidators (Asendia, Spring/PostNL, Landmark) and Western aggregators (Sendcloud, ShipStation) do not work from JP; the aggregators that do work are Ship&co (the main one, direct Etsy integration) and Easyship. (5) Distinguish the mechanisms as follows: prepaid-on-the-label (Japan Post+Zonos: the duty is paid BEFORE shipping, Declaration ID on the label) vs after-the-fact billing to the seller's account (DHL/FedEx/UPS/UGX) vs billing to an intermediary's account (Zonos Landed Cost for Shopify). The Etsy US tariff estimator is only a calculator for prices, NOT DDP. (6) The ~10% duty used in the calculations (Section 122) is volatile — it expires 24.07.2026. Working files (parsed PDF DHL rate guide 2026, eLogi FAQ): /tmp/claude-1000/-home-work-projects-customs-ddp-kit/05f4511d-2352-4cc4-93dd-ad9e9f2d6047/scratchpad/dhl_jp_2026.txt, elogi_faq.txt
Vietnam
New to this? Read the full walk-through: selling from Vietnam to the US.
| Carrier / service | How duties get paid | How to get access | Cost hint (0.5 kg / $100) | Etsy fit | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DHL Express Vietnam EXPRESS WORLDWIDE + "Duty Tax Paid" option (DTP, Duty Billing Services section) | True DDP at the billing level: when creating a parcel in MyDHL+, the seller chooses to be billed for the duties (DTP) — DHL clears customs in the US, pays the duties/fees and bills them after the fact to the seller's DHL account + a "Duty Tax Paid" fee of 2% of fiscal charges, minimum 600,000 VND (~$23). The buyer pays nothing on delivery. | Free DHL Express business account: online registration paying by card with no credit check, or an invoiced account after a volume review. No corporate contract needed. DTP is selected with a checkbox when booking in MyDHL+ (account parcels only). DHL Express VN business account (free); for invoiced billing — a company check. DTP is not available to retail cash customers. | 0.5 kg to the US (zone 7): 2026 list price = 1,924,400 VND (~$74) + fuel surcharge + DTP fee 600,000 VND (~$23) + the US duties themselves at the HS rate/country rate for VN. Total ~$97-100 + duties (before account discounts; with an account it is usually noticeably cheaper). | Yes: Etsy's Help pages explicitly name DHL Express among the carriers offering DDP to the US. The label is bought outside Etsy (MyDHL+), tracking is added to the order manually or via integrators (Easyship/Shippo). | verified 2026-07-15 |
| UPS Vietnam UPS Worldwide Express Saver / Expedited + DDP billing option ("Duty/Tax Forwarding Surcharge", Free Domicile) | DDP via a billing option when creating the label: US duties and fees are billed to the seller's UPS account in Vietnam (billing outside the destination country), plus a fixed "Duty/Tax Forwarding Surcharge" fee of 600,425 VND (~$23) per shipment. The recipient pays nothing. | Register a UPS account at ups.com/vn + a payment account — when creating the label you choose who pays the duties. A contract is not required. UPS account with a payment method; select the billing option "bill duties to shipper" when booking. Note: the guide is the 22.12.2024 edition, current amounts may differ. | 0.5 kg to the US (export zone 5): Worldwide Express Saver list price = 2,262,345 VND (~$87) + fuel surcharge + Duty/Tax Forwarding 600,425 VND (~$23) + the US duties themselves. Total ~$110 + duties (before discounts). | Yes: Etsy lists UPS among the DDP providers for the US. Label outside Etsy, tracking manually or via Easyship/Shippo. | verified 2026-07-15 |
| Shippo (aggregator) Shippo + your own carrier account (DHL Express/FedEx/UPS) for VN origin | Same as Easyship: Shippo has no rates of its own out of VN — parcels from outside the US only by connecting your own DHL Express/FedEx/UPS accounts; DDP works by billing the duties to that carrier account. Etsy itself names Shippo among the third-party DDP services. | Shippo account → add your own carrier account → connect your Etsy shop (Shippo is "Etsy's official shipping partner"). Your own DHL/UPS/FedEx VN account with duty billing; a Shippo account. | = your carrier's rate + the Shippo plan; Shippo has no separate DDP fees (the fees are the carrier's). | Yes: official Etsy partner — order import, labels, tracking sync; Etsy Help names Shippo among the DDP solutions. | verified 2026-07-15 |
| Zonos Zonos Landed Cost (Landed Cost guarantee) on top of your own carrier account | Zonos calculates the full landed cost, the seller collects the duties from the buyer at checkout (Shopify/own storefront), and the parcel ships DDP: "duties and taxes are billed to Zonos' carrier account, while shipping charges are billed to your account" — Zonos pays the duty invoices and absorbs any discrepancies. This is true DDP (the buyer pays nothing on delivery). Carrier-agnostic; for UPS a waiver on the duty/tax forwarding surcharge is required. | Zonos subscription (Landed Cost API / Checkout, Shopify plugin) + your own carrier account. Indicative guarantee price: ~$2 + 10% of the duty amount per order (per the pricing docs page). Your own storefront (Shopify/WooCommerce/API) — on Etsy the checkout cannot be changed; a carrier account; availability to merchants from VN is not explicitly documented. | Your carrier's freight + ~$2 + 10% of the duties (Landed Cost guarantee) — instead of the carrier's advancement fees (savings of up to ~50% on disbursement). | No for Etsy (Etsy does not allow changing the checkout) — an option for the same seller's Shopify/own website. | verified 2026-07-15 |
| FedEx Vietnam FedEx International Priority / International Economy + "Bill sender — duties & taxes" billing | Standard FedEx billing option on the air waybill: US duties/taxes are billed after the fact to the sender's FedEx account in Vietnam (+ a FedEx surcharge for advancing them, the amount for VN exports is not published). In addition, all shipments to the US are subject to a "U.S. Inbound Processing Fee" of USD 2.65 (except FICP). ⚠️ Verified correction: Everything is correct except the parenthetical "(except FICP)": FICP is NOT exempt from the fee — it has its own Inbound Processing Fee rate of USD 1.00/shipment (official 2026 VN FICP price list, verified 15.07.2026; the fee for FICP was introduced 22.09.2025). For IP/IE confirmed verbatim: "Inbound Processing Fee: USD 2.65 per shipment. For all shipments destined to U.S./European Union (EU) member states" (from 03.08.2026 the fee was renamed from "U.S. Inbound Processing Fee" and extended to the EU). The bill-sender mechanism is confirmed: "The Recipient will be charged for duties and taxes unless the 'Bill Sender Duties and Taxes'… box is marked on the Air Waybill and a valid FedEx Account Number is indicated"; on top of the duties — "plus a FedEx surcharge" (the amount for VN exports is indeed not published). Fee timeline (Loop/FedEx): $1.50 from 13.01.2025 → $2.50 from 18.08.2025 → USD 2.65 in the 2026 VN price list. | Open a FedEx account at fedex.com/en-vn; activating DDP billing of duties to the account may require contacting support/an account manager (credit assessment against the duty volume). FedEx account; activation of the option to bill duties to the sender. The exact duty-billing fee for VN is not published. | The 0.5 kg VN→US rate is not published without an account (rate guide behind a login) + U.S. Inbound Processing Fee $2.65 + surcharge for advancing the duties + the duties themselves. No freight figure recorded — unverifiable. | Yes: FedEx is on Etsy's list of DDP providers. Label outside Etsy (FedEx Ship Manager), tracking manually/via integrators. | verified* 2026-07-15 |
| FedEx Vietnam FedEx International Connect Plus (FICP) — e-commerce service | DDP is built in: "Customer clearance included, duty paid via your authorized FedEx account" — customs clearance is included, US duties are charged to the seller's FedEx account. FICP is exempt from the U.S. Inbound Processing Fee. ⚠️ Verified correction: The statement "FICP is exempt from the U.S. Inbound Processing Fee" is outdated: the official 2026 VN FICP price list states "Inbound Processing Fee: USD 1.00 per shipment" for parcels to the US/EU (the $1.00 fee for FICP was added from 22.09.2025). The rest is confirmed: the FedEx VN FICP page is live (verified 15.07.2026) and contains verbatim "Customer clearance included, duty paid via your authorized FedEx account"; the service is positioned as B2C e-commerce delivery; onboarding is via the Contact Us button (…/international-connect-plus/contact.html), i.e. through a FedEx account manager; there are no public volume thresholds. For a micro-seller this is a real but not self-service entry point. | Via a FedEx VN account; FICP is a service for e-tailers, onboarding through FedEx (open an account online + activate the service, usually through an account manager). Formal volume thresholds are not publicly stated. FedEx account + FICP activation; "Ideal for shipments less than 10kg"; weight/dimension limits depend on the destination market. | "Download Rates" tariffs are behind a login — not publicly available; positioned as cheaper than IP/IE with 2-3 business day delivery. Plus US duties charged to the account. | Yes (as a FedEx label with prepaid duties): label outside Etsy, tracking manually. FICP is also available inside Easyship. | verified* 2026-07-15 |
| Easyship (aggregator) Easyship + your own carrier account (LYOC — Link Your Own Courier) with the DDP flag / "Duties & Taxes: Prepaid" | Easyship itself does not pay the duties out of VN: Vietnam is on the "link your own courier" country list — the seller links their own DHL/UPS/FedEx VN account, and when DDP is selected only the carriers that support prepayment are shown; the duties go after the fact to the seller's carrier account + the carrier's "DDP Handling Fee" + a disbursement fee (% of the advanced duties). ⚠️ Verified correction: "Free Easyship plan" is wrong for the VN setup: on the Free plan there are 0 LYOC accounts — linking your own DHL/UPS/FedEx account is only possible from the Plus plan ($29/mo, 1 LYOC account; Premier $69/mo — 2; Scale $99/mo — 3). The minimum entry price for a seller from VN is $29/mo. The rest is confirmed (verified 15.07.2026): Vietnam is on the "link your own courier to generate labels" country list (support article 19262777924626); "if you choose to pre-pay duties and taxes you will only be shown the couriers that can accommodate this request"; the carrier's DDP Handling Fee (per Easyship: DHL Express ~$15, FedEx ~$10, UPS ~$15) + a disbursement fee as a % of the advanced duties; an Etsy integration exists. Nuance: the "Display Tax & Duty at Checkout" feature is Premier+ only, but it is not needed for the Etsy flow (DDP is selected when buying the label). | Free Easyship plan → connect your own carrier account (in VN Easyship has no pre-negotiated rates of its own) → integrate with your Etsy shop → select DDP options when buying the label. An Easyship account (there is a Free plan) + your own DHL Express/UPS/FedEx account in Vietnam with duty billing activated. | = your carrier's rate (see DHL/UPS/FedEx above) + a possible Easyship plan fee; the platform itself adds no extra duty fees (the fees are charged by the carrier). | Yes: official Etsy integration (automatic order sync, labels, tracking back into Etsy). | verified* 2026-07-15 |
| Local VN consolidators ("gửi hàng đi Mỹ bao thuế": Saican Express, Nhat Minh Express, Helen Express, etc.) Retail consolidated air delivery VN→US "bao thuế" (all inclusive, no surcharges for the recipient) | The forwarder consolidates parcels, ships them under its own customs clearance and sells an "all inclusive" price — the recipient pays nothing. BUT: this is not a documented DDP mechanism, and "bao thuế" itself is inconsistent: Saican runs the headline "Bao thuế 100%" (July 2026 price list), but the FAQ on the same page says taxation is "tùy vào giá trị kiện hàng, loại hàng hóa" (depends on the value/type), the recipient "may pay duties/VAT", and "low-value gifts are usually duty-free" — outdated language (de minimis was abolished 29.08.2025, which Nhat Minh explicitly acknowledges on its own page); at Nhat Minh "bao thuế" applies only to the 1-20 kg economy rate ("đã bao gồm thuế nhập khẩu tại Mỹ"), express is "chưa bao gồm thuế… (nếu phát sinh)"; Helen Express does not promise bao thuế at all on its US page ("the recipient in the US may pay duties"). Who actually clears each parcel through customs, and how, is not published (Saican: only "hỗ trợ khai báo hải quan"); compliance is not verifiable — a risk of delays/seizures and of additional charges to the recipient. | Retail with no account and no contract: order via hotline/Zalo/WhatsApp, free home pickup (advertised by all three) or the forwarder's office — Saican: HCMC, Da Nang, Hanoi; Nhat Minh and Helen: HCMC. Free packaging and help with the customs declaration (Saican, Helen). None (retail); payment methods are not published on the sites — by arrangement. Category restrictions differ for each + surcharges for "difficult" categories (Nhat Minh: food +200,000 VND with an FDA declaration, solid cosmetics +250,000 VND or 70,000 VND/kg with an MSDS, liquids +350,000 VND/kg). | The spread across the market is wide, a cheap benchmark is not representative. Saican (July 2026 price list): 0.5 kg = 469,000 VND (~$18) "bao thuế 100%", 5-7 business days from Hanoi / 5-8 from HCMC — but the price list is "chưa bao gồm VAT, phụ phí nhiên liệu" (excluding VAT and the fuel surcharge). Nhat Minh (July 2026): economy with bao thuế = 1,069,000 VND for 1 kg (~$41), 8-12 business days. Helen: 0.5 kg = 1,119,000 VND (~$43) without bao thuế, 3-5 days. Saican is the bottom of the market (2+ times cheaper than the neighboring consolidators and ~4 times cheaper than the DHL list price): the economics come from consolidation and, probably, aggressive declaring. | Conditionally: there is no integration/label, ordering and tracking are manual. Tracking is inconsistent: Nhat Minh claims numbers trackable "directly in the FedEx, DHL or UPS systems" (issued after departure), Helen — carrier "mã vận đơn", Saican — an "online code" with no system specified. The main risk is Etsy's DDP requirement from 09.07.2026: Purchase Protection only with duties upfront ("DDP is required for orders shipped to buyers in the US to qualify for Etsy Purchase Protection"), and "bao thuế" gives no per-parcel proof that the duties were paid — if the recipient is charged extra, the seller is outside PP; PP also requires "valid tracking" (or an Etsy label, which is not available to a Vietnamese seller). | verified* 2026-07-16 |
What does NOT work from Vietnam (10)
- Etsy Shipping Labels — NOT AVAILABLE to sellers from VN: only sellers in the US/Canada/Australia/UK can buy labels ("If you're a seller in the US, Canada, Australia, or the UK, you can purchase shipping labels on Etsy") — https://help.etsy.com/hc/en-us/articles/360001967188 (via Zendesk API, verified 2026-07-15). That is, a Vietnamese seller has no built-in Etsy DDP label — only external carriers.
- Vietnam Post (VNPost) / EMS Vietnam — NO DDP: neither vnpost.vn nor ems.com.vn offers a product with prepaid US duties; the group (Vietnam Post Logistics) confirms that after the repeal of T86 (de minimis) all goods to the US require an HS declaration and payment of duties, but the mechanism is duties on the US side, not a prepaid product (https://vietnampostlogistics.com/xuat-hang-di-my-bo-t86-t11/, verified 2026-07-15). From 28.02.2026 the postal channel to the US is required to collect ad valorem duties (CBP, https://www.cbp.gov/trade/basic-import-export/e-commerce/faqs; UPU FAQ https://www.upu.int/en/postal-solutions/technical-solutions/products/faq-impact-of-recent-us-customs-regulation-changes-on-international-postal-services) — no public DDP solution from VNPost for this has been found; the news sections of ems.com.vn have not been updated (latest posts 2024).
- Viettel Post — NO DDP: the international pages (https://viettelpost.com.vn/dich_vu/chuyen-phat-quoc-te-nhanh/, https://chuyenphatquocte.viettelpost.vn/) contain no option to prepay US duties; third-party guides describe a "the recipient pays the duties" scheme. Verified 2026-07-15.
- J&T Express International (Vietnam) — NO DDP / the US is not a focus: https://jtexpress.vn/vi/international-service and the portal https://international.jtexpress.vn/ publish neither a list of destinations including the US nor any duty-prepaid option (verified 2026-07-15).
- DHL eCommerce — DOES NOT WORK from VN: no cross-border product with Vietnam origin was found (in Asia the DHL eCommerce services are for other markets; dhl.com/vn-en offers only DHL Express). Search/site verified 2026-07-15.
- Asendia (e-PAQ) — NOT AVAILABLE from VN: offices in 17 countries, in Asia only Singapore and Hong Kong; there is no VN-origin onboarding — a micro-seller would have to move goods to the SG/HK hub under a separate contract (https://www.asendia.com/about-asendia, https://www.asendia.com/destination/asia, verified 2026-07-15).
- Spring GDS / PostNL Cross-Border — NOT AVAILABLE from VN: hubs in the EU + Singapore (2018) and Hong Kong (2021), Vietnam is not in the network (https://www.spring-gds.com/about-us/, https://www.spring-gds.com/en-hk/about-us-global/, verified 2026-07-15).
- Landmark Global (bpost) — NOT AVAILABLE from VN: in Asia the sites are only China, Hong Kong, Japan, Singapore; an enterprise-oriented (contract) service (https://landmarkglobal.com/eu/en/about-us/, http://bpostgroup.com/who-we-are/our-entities/landmark-global, verified 2026-07-15).
- Sendcloud — VN IS NOT SUPPORTED: billing addresses only AT/BE/FR/DE/IT/NL/ES/UK (+ extended EU countries with your own contract with a carrier); DDP in general is "only available with a direct contract" (https://support.sendcloud.com/hc/en-us/articles/360024842992-How-to-ship-internationally-with-Sendcloud, verified 2026-07-15).
- ShipStation — AN ACCOUNT CANNOT BE OPENED from VN: accounts are available for US/CA/UK/EU/AU/NZ, Vietnam is not included (https://help.shipstation.com/hc/en-us/articles/360026151511-Setting-Up-Your-ShipStation-Account and the ShipStation Carriers section by country, verified 2026-07-15). Etsy names ShipStation as a DDP option, but it is irrelevant for a VN seller.
Bottom line for VN: workable DDP to the US for a micro-seller is effectively three express carriers (DHL Express DTP — the best documented and most accessible: free account + 2%/min 600k VND; UPS with Duty/Tax Forwarding 600,425 VND; FedEx bill-sender-duties and especially FICP with customs clearance included), plus the Easyship/Shippo aggregators on top of YOUR OWN account with those same carriers (in VN neither has rates of its own — LYOC only), plus Zonos for a Shopify storefront (not for Etsy). The postal channel (VNPost/EMS, Viettel Post, J&T) gives no DDP at all — after the death of the flat fee on 28.02.2026 it is a dead end for Etsy orders. The \"bao thuế\" consolidators are cheap (~$18-20/0.5kg all inclusive) but grey. Etsy context: from 09.07.2026 DDP is mandatory for US orders (otherwise there is no Purchase Protection, and duties billed to the buyer are deducted from the seller's payouts — help.etsy.com 30907634892311: \"Starting July 9, orders shipping into the US will need to include duties and import fees upfront...\"); Etsy Labels are not available to Vietnamese sellers, so the scenario is: a label from a carrier/aggregator with prepaid duties + manual/integration tracking in Etsy + the new Etsy US tariffs calculator (help.etsy.com 40309848355735) to build the duties into the price. Benchmark for the full cost of a 0.5 kg/$100 DDP parcel via DHL: ~$97-100 freight+DTP before discounts + the US duties themselves.
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