New rules for importing goods from foreign online stores, which were due to take effect on July 1, 2026, have been delayed, Kazakhstan’s State Revenue Committee of the Ministry of Finance announced.
The changes concern new customs regulations for e-commerce goods that will affect purchases from foreign marketplaces, including Amazon, AliExpress and Temu.
Initially, the member states of the Eurasian Economic Union (EEU) planned to implement the new rules starting in July 2026. However, one of the EEU member states has not yet completed the domestic procedures required to ratify the amendments to the EEU Customs Code.
As a result, the unified rules cannot take effect simultaneously across all member states, so their implementation has been postponed. A new date will be announced once all EEU member states have completed the required procedures and adopted the relevant decision.
Previously, the Eurasian Economic Commission Council approved new rules for foreign online purchases. Goods purchased from foreign marketplaces will no longer be classified as goods for personal use and will instead be placed in a separate category of e-commerce goods.
They will be subject to a separate customs declaration, customs duty and tax. The duty-free threshold will remain at €200. If the value of a shipment exceeds that amount, it will be subject to a flat 5% customs duty, but not less than €1 per kilogram, as well as 16% VAT.
Currently, such goods are subject to a single 15% payment, including VAT, on the amount exceeding the duty-free threshold.
The State Revenue Committee urged foreign trade participants, e-commerce operators and other interested parties to take the postponement into account when planning their operations.
