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Built for brands the EU was not built for.

Find your situation below, and read how we run it for you.

Sectors

Choose the sector closest to what you sell.

One operating base

Every sector above runs on the same base. The conditions are its own.

Whatever you ship, the operation underneath is one: stock held cleared inside the EU, picked and packed, and dispatched across the member states, with your product's own handling respected. Each sector page above shows how that base runs for it.

  • One pool of stock Your stock enters in bulk and is released for free circulation on arrival, or, for higher-value lines, held under bond.
  • One fulfilment operation The same operation picks, packs, kits, and handles returns, with each product kept to its own conditions.
  • One EU dispatch Once stock is in, every order ships from inside the EU to any member state, not as a fresh import.

The bonded route, in detail. How the bonded warehouse works

More of what we run

If your category is not above, it is probably here.

These categories run through the same operation every day, and none of them needed a dedicated page. The line is built per product, not per category: custom kitting, packaging, and labeling configured around what you ship, one operator across B2C and B2B.

  • Pet care Dated and bagged goods held inside the EU and dispatched direct or to the trade.
  • Sports equipment Bulky, mixed-size stock stored and shipped as parcels or freight, whichever the order needs.
  • Toys Seasonal consumer stock held ready before the peak and dispatched on time through it.
  • Furniture Oversize and palletised items stored and delivered as scheduled freight.
  • Lighting Fragile fittings picked and packed with care and shipped from inside the EU.
  • Hand tools Heavy small goods held in volume and dispatched direct or to distributors.
  • Automotive accessories Recurring SKUs held cleared inside the EU and dispatched as the orders arrive.
  • Textiles Stock with many lines and sizes received, stored, and picked to each order, size by size.
  • Packaging Volume stock for recurring business buyers, delivered on the schedule they set.
  • Agriculture tech Equipment staged inside the EU and released to buyers on their schedule.
  • Outdoor and garden Seasonal volume held through the year and dispatched when the season opens.
  • Baby products Consumer goods picked, packed, and shipped, with returns brought into one workflow.
  • Office equipment Business orders delivered as scheduled freight from one held stock.
  • Beauty devices Consumer electronics handled with care and shipped branded from inside the EU.
  • Household appliances Boxed and palletised units stored, dispatched, and returned through one operation.

And if your product is not on this list either, the operation adapts. Talk to us

And if the harder question is where to sell and how to grow there, that is run too, in Business development.

Across every sector

What multi-sector brands ask before they pick a European operator.

Which sectors does EFC run operations for?

EFC's European operation is built for seven sectors. They are medtech, cosmetics and beauty, supplements, electronics and connected devices, technical B2B and industrial, food, and marketplace and retail. A separate, narrowly scoped page covers defense-adjacent equipment. Each one has its own page above describing how the operation runs, down to the sub-segments inside it.

My product spans two of these sectors. Which page applies?

EFC builds the operation around your product, not around a sector page, so both apply. EFC builds the line per product, with custom kitting, packaging, and labeling, under one operator across B2C and B2B.

What if my sector is not listed here?

EFC configures the operation per product, not per category. The pages above are where it is written down, not the boundary of what EFC runs. Tell us what you move and where it sells.

Is stock available inside the EU before orders arrive?

Yes. On the usual route, your goods are cleared through customs when they arrive and then held in EFC's European centres. An order is picked from a shelf inside the EU, not shipped in from abroad.

Does repeat volume stop at the EU border every time?

EFC clears customs when stock enters the EU, so it does not stop at the border each time. After entry, each delivery to a buyer moves within the EU with no customs step.

When are duty and import VAT due on stock EFC holds for us in Europe?

On the usual route, stock is released for free circulation on arrival, and duty is settled then. Import VAT falls due at the same point, accounted for in the VAT return where the importer qualifies. Higher-value or slow-moving ranges can instead be held under bond, with both suspended until each release, whatever the sector.

How do customs and VAT work when we sell across several EU countries?

EFC ships from stock already inside the EU. A sale to another EU country is therefore a delivery inside the single market, not a fresh import. A consumer sale is reported through the EU One-Stop-Shop VAT scheme. A sale to a VAT-registered business is zero rated as an intra-Community supply (VAT Directive, Article 138) and listed in the recapitulative statement.

Can EFC help build the market for our product once it is in Europe?

Yes. Business development researches the market and the competitors in your category, sets the go-to-market strategy, and manages the market with you month after month. The chains, wholesalers and distributors that fit your category, and the people who decide inside them, are one part of that work. It runs on the same operation described on this page, so the stock is already in Europe when a buyer asks about lead time. No meeting, sale or other commercial outcome is guaranteed.

How does a conversation with EFC start?

EFC starts from your volume, your products, and the operations that would move inside the EU, covered on a call. Send a few details and the operations team will reply.

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