UK Lags Rivals in Curbing Influx of Cheap Parcels From China

More cheap parcels exported from China are flowing into the UK than rival European economies, undermining British retailers that want the government to accelerate a promised crackdown.

Chinese export data shows $1.8 billion of cheap parcels entered the UK between December and April, the sixth-most globally and more than France and Germany combined. Though the total was 11% lower than a year earlier amid a global slowdown, the drop was far smaller than in France where the government implemented a tax on the parcels in March.

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