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  "title": "Dropshipping Statistics 2026: Apps, Market Size and the De Minimis Effect",
  "url": "https://statisticsglobal.org/dropshipping-statistics/",
  "updated": "2026-11-07",
  "licence": "https://statisticsglobal.org/data-licence/",
  "attribution": "Source: [publisher] via StatisticsGlobal (https://statisticsglobal.org/dropshipping-statistics/)",
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      "sentence": "About 4.67 billion low-value e-commerce items under EUR 150 entered the EU in 2024, according to the European Commission.",
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      "sentence": "Low-value consignments imported into the EU had an average value of EUR 8.82 per item in 2025, according to the European Commission.",
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      "sample": "DG TAXUD Surveillance database. Low-value consignments (LVC) are imported items with an intrinsic value under EUR 150, including all H7 and IOSS declarations. The Commission uses this as an estimate of e-commerce items. The Commission's image description says this comparison covers the first half of 2025.",
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      "sentence": "Low-value e-commerce items arriving in Hungary rose 95% between 2024 and 2025, to 974 million, calculated by StatisticsGlobal from European Commission data.",
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      "publisher": "European Commission (DG Taxation and Customs Union)",
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      "archive_url": "http://web.archive.org/web/20261011175729/https://taxation-customs.ec.europa.eu/customs/eu-customs-union-facts-and-figures/goods-bought-online_en",
      "sample": "DG TAXUD Surveillance database. Low-value consignments (LVC) are imported items with an intrinsic value under EUR 150, including all H7 and IOSS declarations. The Commission uses this as an estimate of e-commerce items.",
      "method": "974,059,710 items (2025) / 498,742,966 items (2024) - 1 = 95.3%.",
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      "url": "https://statisticsglobal.org/dropshipping-statistics/#stat-ds-calc-eu-hungary"
    },
    {
      "id": "ds-calc-eu-netherlands",
      "sentence": "Low-value e-commerce items arriving in the Netherlands fell 26% between 2024 and 2025, calculated by StatisticsGlobal from European Commission data.",
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      "place": "Netherlands",
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      "publisher": "European Commission (DG Taxation and Customs Union)",
      "source_title": "EU Customs Union facts and figures: goods bought online",
      "source_url": "https://taxation-customs.ec.europa.eu/customs/eu-customs-union-facts-and-figures/goods-bought-online_en",
      "source_published": "2026 (Surveillance database extraction of 6 February 2026), accessed 7 November 2026",
      "archive_url": "http://web.archive.org/web/20261011175729/https://taxation-customs.ec.europa.eu/customs/eu-customs-union-facts-and-figures/goods-bought-online_en",
      "sample": "DG TAXUD Surveillance database. Low-value consignments (LVC) are imported items with an intrinsic value under EUR 150, including all H7 and IOSS declarations. The Commission uses this as an estimate of e-commerce items.",
      "method": "935,897,890 items (2025) / 1,268,551,269 items (2024) - 1 = -26.2%.",
      "verified_on": "2026-11-07",
      "url": "https://statisticsglobal.org/dropshipping-statistics/#stat-ds-calc-eu-netherlands"
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      "id": "ds-calc-eu-vs-us",
      "sentence": "The EU received about 3.4 times as many low-value e-commerce items in 2024 as the United States received de minimis shipments, calculated by StatisticsGlobal from European Commission and White House data.",
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      "source_url": "https://taxation-customs.ec.europa.eu/customs/eu-customs-union-facts-and-figures/goods-bought-online_en",
      "source_published": "2026 (Surveillance database extraction of 6 February 2026), accessed 7 November 2026",
      "archive_url": "http://web.archive.org/web/20261011175729/https://taxation-customs.ec.europa.eu/customs/eu-customs-union-facts-and-figures/goods-bought-online_en",
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      "method": "4,673,666,449 EU items (European Commission) / 1.36 billion US de minimis shipments (White House) = 3.4. The EU counts items and the US counts shipments, and one shipment can hold several items, so this is a rough comparison.",
      "verified_on": "2026-11-07",
      "url": "https://statisticsglobal.org/dropshipping-statistics/#stat-ds-calc-eu-vs-us"
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      "id": "ds-sl-dsers-us",
      "sentence": "31.6% of Shopify stores using the DSers dropshipping app were in the United States in 2026, according to Store Leads.",
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      "source_title": "DSers: Dropship+AliExpress+AI Shopify App report",
      "source_url": "https://storeleads.app/reports/shopify/app/dsers",
      "source_published": "Updated 30 October 2026, accessed 7 November 2026",
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      "sentence": "11.5% of Shopify stores using the DSers dropshipping app were in France in 2026, ahead of the UK at 8.7%, according to Store Leads.",
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      "sentence": "26.7% of Shopify stores using the DSers dropshipping app sold apparel in 2026, the largest category, according to Store Leads.",
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