About Parcelsline

A static customs-hold desk for buyers. It decodes carrier statuses, estimates import charges from dated rules, and points to the right refund route. It never looks up your tracking number.

How it works

One versioned rules file (data/rules.json). Every row has an effective date, a source, a last-reviewed date and a confidence flag.
Rules are picked by the arrival date, because that is what customs uses.
Unconfirmed rules are shown, flagged, and kept out of the total.
No release-date predictions. Only real legal and carrier clocks.
No accounts, no live carrier APIs, no scraping, no ads.

What changed in this rebuild

US: no $800 de minimis; IEEPA tariffs ended 24 Feb 2026; 10% s122 ended 24 Jul 2026; now MFN + s301 forced-labor (10 / 12.5%, capped for EU, TW, JP, KR, CH) + China lists + Brazil + s338 Canada, on post as well as courier.
EU: €150 duty relief gone since 1 Jul 2026; €3 per distinct tariff subheading; €2 Union handling fee confirmed from 1 Nov 2026 and never refunded; Italy’s separate €2 is possible from 1 Jan 2027.
UK: duty above £135 added; Northern Ireland €3 per item; Royal Mail £8 / Parcelforce £12; 21-day pay window.
Canada: C$20 / 40 / 150 thresholds, Canada Post C$9.95, US-goods surtax from 8 Sep 2026.
Australia: A$1,000 threshold, GST at checkout.
Removed: invented release windows and hub delay averages, the "€6" Deutsche Post fee (now €7.50), consumer-facing Zonos framing.
Added: refunds and disputes, scam check, origin/mode/item-type/arrival-date inputs.

Privacy

Parcelsline loads no third-party scripts, fonts or trackers. Fonts are self-hosted.

Usage counts are off by default. If you turn them on, coarse events (for example "decode, hold, US") are kept in this browser only. Tracking numbers, names, emails and amounts are never recorded.

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Partners and money

The answers, estimates, deadlines, scam check and first dispute letter are free and stay free. Parcelsline is funded by voluntary support, an optional paid case kit, and a few clearly labelled partner links that appear only before you buy, after a parcel is returned, or below the refund letter. Never in a watch, hold or pay result.

No display ads, no buy-now-pay-later, no tracking pixels, no sale or sharing of contact details. Partners never change an estimate or the order of a list. Full disclosures · For sellers

Not advice

Parcelsline is not a carrier, customs authority, licensed customs broker or law firm. Figures are estimates. Check the official notice and sources.