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The European Union is developing plans to impose duties on cheap goods from Chinese online stores, including Temu, Shein, and AliExpress, the Financial Times reports. According to the agencys sources, at the end of this month, the European Commission will propose to cancel the current threshold of 150 euros, below which goods can be purchased duty-free. According to current EU rules, parcels purchased online from non-EU countries are not subject to duty if their value is less than 150. European Commission says that in 2023, two billion parcels with a declared value of less than 150 arrived