Question 9721 — overseas

Summary

Ms. Émeline K/Bidi draws the attention of the Minister of the Economy, Finance and Industrial and Digital Sovereignty to the conclusions of the flash mission on the increase in postal parcel prices carried out within the overseas delegation. On June 24, 2025, the flash mission on the increase in postal parcel prices submitted its conclusions after several weeks of work combining research and hearings. Mrs. MP, co-rapporteur of this mission, then detailed the various reasons for the increase in the prices of postal parcels exchanged between individuals to and from overseas. Among these reasons, the MP was particularly surprised by the application of double taxation on value added (VAT). The report states: “If they are part of the European customs territory, the overseas departments and regions are, however, not part of the tax territory of the European Union: they are thus assimilated, from a tax point of view, to non-member States of the Union, including in their relations with France. Postal parcels sent from or to overseas are therefore considered imports or exports and are subject to taxation under value added tax (VAT) (...) if these taxes are not formally part of of the price of the postal parcel sent from or to overseas, they are nevertheless often added to it and are therefore an integral part of the "real cost" of these shipments. Indeed, it appears that in addition to the VAT already invoiced at the time of purchase of the goods intended to be sent, the package is also subject to VAT. The same good is therefore subject to the same tax twice, once at the time of purchase and once at the time of shipment. This situation does not exist for packages exchanged between individuals in France. This difference in treatment between overseas territories and France is particularly unfair. On the one hand, because it denies the full and complete belonging of overseas people to the territory of the Republic. On the other hand, because this double taxation affects the poorest territories in the country. She wants to know what solutions he plans to implemented to put an end to this mechanism of double taxation on the added value of postal parcels exchanged between individuals to and from overseas.

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