Customs Charges Ireland 2026: Nothing to Pay on Probiotic.ie Orders

No. Probiotic.ie holds its stock in Ireland and dispatches every order from Dublin. The EU's €3 customs duty and the €2 Union Handling Fee apply only to goods imported from outside the EU, and Revenue confirms neither applies to goods already based in Ireland when ordered. The price on the product page is the price you pay, with Irish VAT included and nothing to settle on delivery.

Yes. Every Probiotic.ie order is dispatched from our fulfilment centre in Dublin, Ireland. Nothing is imported to you, so there is no customs declaration and no customs clearance.

No. There is no €3 customs duty, no €2 EU handling fee and no An Post customs administration fee on a Probiotic.ie order, because the goods are already in Ireland. Irish VAT is included in the displayed price and nothing further is added at checkout or on delivery.

No. The €2 Union Handling Fee applies from 1 November 2026 to each distinct item in an online order shipped to Ireland from outside the EU. Revenue states there is no fee where goods are purchased and sent from within Ireland. Probiotic.ie orders ship from Dublin, so nothing changes on 1 November.

There are two. Since 1 July 2026 a €3 customs duty applies to each distinct item in an online order shipped to Ireland from outside the EU where the consignment is valued at €150 or less, under Council Regulation (EU) 2026/382. From 1 November 2026 a separate €2 Union Handling Fee applies to each distinct item at any order value. Goods already in Ireland, Northern Ireland or another EU Member State when ordered are not affected.

The €3 is charged per distinct item, not per parcel. Identical units count as one item, so three bottles of the same product attract one €3 charge, while different products can each attract their own. It applies to business-to-consumer orders from outside the EU valued at €150 or less. Where the seller does not collect VAT at checkout through the IOSS scheme, VAT is also charged on the duty.

An item is a distinct product, counted by customs classification and not by the number of units. Revenue's examples: a pen, a notebook and a key ring are three items, while two identical pens are one item. The final count is set by the customs declaration the seller or carrier files, so a shopper cannot always predict it from the basket.

Sometimes. An Post's customs administration fee is An Post's own per-parcel charge and is separate from the EU's €2 Union Handling Fee. An Post says it applies only where customs charges were not paid in advance or the customs data is insufficient. The Irish Examiner reported the fee at €6.95 per parcel on 30 September 2026. It never arises on an order shipped from within Ireland.

iHerb states that all its orders are currently dispatched from the United States, so orders to Ireland are imports and are subject to the €3 customs duty per item. As of 8 October 2026 iHerb says it reimburses that duty through a discretionary discount at checkout on orders over €10, with no published end date. It has not said whether it will cover the €2 Union Handling Fee that starts on 1 November 2026.

Only where the item is dispatched from outside the EU, which includes Great Britain. Those items are subject to the €3 duty per item and, from 1 November 2026, the €2 fee per item, usually collected as an Import Charges amount at checkout. The Irish Times reported the charge can appear on certain amazon.ie orders as well as amazon.co.uk orders, so the dispatch location of each item is what matters.

Great Britain is outside the EU for customs, so supplements shipped from England, Scotland or Wales to Ireland are subject to the €3 duty per item and, from 1 November 2026, the €2 Union Handling Fee per item, plus VAT. Goods moving from Northern Ireland to Ireland are not subject to these charges.

Supplements shipped to Ireland from the United States are imports, so each distinct item is subject to the €3 duty on orders of €150 or less and, from 1 November 2026, the €2 Union Handling Fee. Whether you pay those amounts on top of the order depends on what the retailer chooses to absorb at checkout.

The €2 Union Handling Fee is never refunded, even where goods are returned or faulty. The €3 customs duty is not refunded on a change-of-mind return. Revenue does not refund consumers directly, so any refund comes through the seller or the carrier. A return to an Irish retailer goes to an Irish address, with no import charges to lose.