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Customs Cannot Handle 3.8 Million Online Purchases Per Day (www.tijd.be)
submitted 4 months ago by iii@mander.xyz to c/Belgium
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  • The Bierset airport in Liège is overwhelmed by a surge in e-commerce packages, with 3.8 million products arriving daily, a 33% increase from the previous year, but customs can only inspect 0.006% of these shipments due to limited resources.
  • 40% of the packages are found to have issues, including counterfeit goods, incorrect valuations, and safety concerns, prompting calls for better scanning technology and data sharing with e-commerce platforms to improve oversight.
  • The Belgian customs face additional challenges, such as enforcing sanctions against Russia and addressing competitive disadvantages for European businesses due to the influx of Chinese products, leading to demands for stricter regulations on companies like Shein and Temu.
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[–] iii@mander.xyz 4 points 4 months ago

Sounds like another thing that they will try to stop because of it's own popularity.

I use aliexpress a lot for microelectronics. The exact same SOC is sold in Belgian stores at 15x the price, what's a hobbyist to do :(