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PostNL delivers fewer parcels from Asia after import duty
PostNL is delivering many fewer parcels from Asia after an import duty was introduced.
PostNL is a Netherlands-based postal and parcel delivery company.
The change affects parcels coming from Asian countries, but the article gives no details about which countries or types of goods are involved.
It does not say how much deliveries have fallen or when the import duty took effect.
The new duty is linked to the drop in parcels, though no further explanation is provided.
The change affects cross-border parcel deliveries handled by PostNL.
The article does not say what PostNL or other parties will do next.
PostNL reported a sharp drop in deliveries of parcels from abroad.
The number of parcels delivered in the past quarter was 32 percent lower than a year earlier.
Buying from a foreign online shop became more expensive during the quarter.
The FD headline attributes the decline in parcels from Asia to an import duty.
- Who
- PostNL.
- What
- It delivered 32 percent fewer parcels from abroad than a year earlier.
- When
- In the past quarter, reported on October 26, 2026.
- Where
- The Netherlands.
- Why
- Buying from foreign online shops became more expensive; the FD headline links the decline in parcels from Asia to an import duty.
This story does not have two clearly opposing sides.
Buying from foreign online shops became more expensive, and PostNL delivered 32 percent fewer parcels from abroad than a year earlier.
NU.nl reported PostNL's account of the decline.
- Company
- PostNL
- Change in deliveries
- 32 percent lower than a year earlier
- Parcel origin
- Abroad; the FD headline specifically refers to Asia
- Reported date
- October 26, 2026