E-commerce is, simply put, online sales. People are buying more and more online. They are also increasingly buying from online stores outside the European Union. We must do our utmost to keep a grip on the millions of packages that cross our border.
More parcels mean more work for the Customs Administration of the Netherlands. Not only are there many more, but also relatively more packages of ‘bad’ goods crossing the border, such as counterfeit goods. And also because taxes have to be paid on those packages, which Customs levies.
Therefore, we have made all kinds of decisions to keep a tight grip on the rapidly growing flow of goods from countries outside the European Union. For example, we have built a new declaration system.