Overview
- Airport operator ADP says about 50 fewer freight flights now land at Paris‑Charles de Gaulle each week since the €2 small‑parcel tax took effect on March 1.
- Carriers serving platforms such as Shein and Temu are legally rerouting planes to hubs in Belgium and the Netherlands, then trucking parcels into France without the national surcharge.
- Franceinfo reports a roughly 60% drop in China‑origin cargo at some French freight airports in recent weeks, leaving sites like Vatry largely idle.
- XCR/Vatry leaders warn that up to 90% of their activity could disappear and a local official estimates 100 to 120 direct jobs are at risk if traffic does not return.
- Shein says it will comply and is updating internal systems, and the European Union plans a €3 per‑item levy from July 1 to harmonize rules across member states.