Overview

Amazon has begun delivering detailed secondary‑packaging metrics to sellers using its German FBA network. The data, covering every shipment from 1 January 2022 onward, fills a regulatory blind spot for the country’s Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) scheme. Sellers who need to report total packaging volumes to the German authorities must now incorporate these figures into their compliance filings.

Key Points

• Data now includes Amazon‑added cardboard and plastic — Sellers receive kilogram‑level weights for the boxes, mailers and protective films Amazon inserts when fulfilling orders, for example 0.12 kg of corrugated cardboard per 10‑unit shipment.
• Reports are searchable by marketplace and packaging type — Within Seller Central’s EPR hub, users can filter the export to show only “amazon.de” entries and select the “packaging” category to isolate secondary‑packaging rows.
• Retroactive coverage to January 2022 — The new download reflects every FBA dispatch since the German EPR amendment took effect, meaning a seller who shipped 2,500 units in 2022 can now see the exact 300 kg of Amazon‑generated packaging tied to those orders.
• Mandatory for all EPR submissions — German law requires the total weight of primary + secondary packaging; the LUCID portal will reject filings that omit the Amazon‑provided figures, as illustrated by a recent audit that flagged a 15 % under‑reporting gap.
• Accessible through the standard EPR report download — No separate tool is needed; the same CSV file used for primary packaging now contains additional columns labeled “Secondary_Paper_kg” and “Secondary_Plastic_kg”.
• Supports multi‑SKU reconciliation — Sellers can match the secondary‑packaging totals to individual SKU shipment logs, enabling a precise per‑product compliance calculation (e.g., SKU ABC‑123 shows 0.018 kg of secondary plastic per unit).
• Helps avoid fines and listing suspensions — Non‑compliant reports can trigger penalties up to €5,000 per violation; the new data reduces the risk of such enforcement actions by providing verifiable numbers.