Seventeen country pages, each answering the questions that exporters from that country actually ask — in the phrasing they use. The rules are the same for everyone; the misconceptions are different everywhere.
Direct shipping, suspended listings, the CE-certificate mistake, Seller Central upload, Temu and TikTok Shop, anti-dumping and CBAM.
Why IEC and GST registration do nothing for the EU side, coffee and rubber under the deforestation regulation, CBAM on steel and aluminium, and the pallet rule that holds shipments.
EVFTA doesn't exempt product rules, furniture hits three layers (GPSR + EUDR + formaldehyde), agri-exports.
Natural rubber under the deforestation regulation, RoHS and WEEE for electronics and parts, Amazon suspensions, labelling.
The 1996 customs union removes duties, not product rules. Plus CBAM on steel, aluminium and cement, and wood and furniture under the deforestation regulation.
Amazon suspended thousands of US listings in 2025 for missing a Responsible Person. Where to upload, what it costs, VAT/OSS, and why EPR is nothing like OSS.
Palm oil, coffee, cocoa, rubber and furniture all on the deforestation list. Packaging EPR per member state. CE does not replace GPSR.
REACH restricted substances in textiles, fibre-composition labelling, the forced labour regulation from December 2027, and who carries the duty: factory or buyer.
The EU-Korea FTA is a tariff discount, not a regime. K-beauty cosmetics have their own Responsible Person (Reg. 1223/2009); batteries have their own register and passport.
The EU-Japan EPA is a tariff discount, not a regime. The Machinery Regulation from 20 January 2027, CBAM on steel and aluminium parts, food.
EUDR hits hardest: coffee, soy, cattle and timber all on the deforestation list. What EU-Mercosur does and does not change, and CBAM on iron, steel and aluminium.
GSP+ removes tariffs, not REACH restrictions. Azo dyes and formaldehyde in textiles, the chromium VI limit that fails leather shipments, and the forced labour regulation from December 2027.
Palm oil and rubber under the deforestation regulation, medical devices (MDR/IVDR), CBAM on aluminium and steel, electronics.
CE marking is not GPSR compliance; plus bicycles and e-bike batteries, RoHS substance limits per homogeneous material, WEEE registration, and what your EU distributor needs from you.
Sanctions first, product rules second: the export bans and the ownership checks decide whether the shipment is lawful at all.
Sanctions first, product rules second: largely the same restrictive measures as Russia, with their own list.
Great Britain runs its own regime; Northern Ireland follows EU rules under the Windsor Framework.
Since 13 December 2024, the EU General Product Safety Regulation (GPSR) requires almost every consumer product sold in the EU to have a Responsible Person established inside the EU — named on the product, holding the technical file, and reachable by authorities. No trade agreement, customs union or tariff preference changes that. The country pages above explain what else applies on top, and where the traps are.
Not sure which rules apply to your product? Run the free product check — seven questions, intermediate answers, and the regimes that apply to you.
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