Overview

Amazon is lowering the Pan‑European (Pan‑EU) Fulfillment by Amazon (FBA) oversize surcharge by 30 % to 50 % across its European marketplaces, effective 1 September 2024. The change reduces the extra fee applied to bulky or heavy items that move through the Pan‑EU network, directly cutting fulfillment costs for sellers who rely on cross‑border inventory distribution.

Key Points

• Surcharge reduction — Oversize fees dropped between 30 % and 50 % compared with the 2023 rate schedule.
• Domestic exemption — In several European stores, the surcharge is removed entirely when inventory is stored and sold within the same country.
• Cross‑border fee remains — Items shipped to a different country from where they sell still incur the surcharge, but at the new lower rates.
• Trigger criteria unchanged — The fee only applies when both the 150‑day and 30‑day inbound‑minus‑sales balances are negative in the destination market.
• Reporting updates — Amazon’s fee and Pan‑EU reports now display the revised surcharge amounts, allowing sellers to track savings in real time.

What's Changing

1. Rate recalibration — Amazon recalculates the oversize surcharge using the same tiered structure from 2023, but each tier is multiplied by a factor of 0.5 to 0.7.

   • Example: A 70 kg item that previously cost €12.00 per unit in Germany now costs €6.60 to €8.40, depending on the exact tier applied.

2. Domestic fulfillment relief — For markets such as France, Italy, and Spain, the surcharge is waived when the product is stored in a local fulfillment center and sold to customers in that same country.

   • Example: A large garden statue stocked in a French warehouse and sold to French buyers no longer triggers the €9.00 oversize fee that applied before September 2024.

3. Cross‑border surcharge persists — When inventory moves from one European hub to another country for sale, the reduced surcharge still applies.