Import & customs clearance
Your bulk shipment clears the EU border once, at our door, with import handling and duties managed for you.
International distribution centre · Netherlands
Your European distribution centre, ready from day one.
For brands outside the EU, Kolibri is a ready-made international distribution centre near Rotterdam. One EU address to import into, one place to hold your stock, and one team to ship every order across the continent, no European entity, no lease, no local staff required.
1 address
To import into the EU
27
EU markets served
15 min
From port of Rotterdam
SKAL
Organic certified
Why a distribution centre in Europe
The fastest way into the European market
Selling into Europe used to mean choosing between shipping every order individually from overseas, slow, expensive and riddled with customs surprises, or setting up your own European branch with a warehouse, VAT numbers and staff.
An international distribution centre is the middle path. You ship your goods in bulk to a single hub inside the EU customs union. From there, your products are already in Europe: no border between your stock and your customer, no per-parcel import, no duties charged twice.
Kolibri is that hub. We give UK, US and international brands a full distribution centre in the Netherlands, staffed, systemised and compliant, that behaves like your own, but that you can switch on in weeks instead of quarters.
Inside the DC
Everything under one roof
Your distribution centre isn't a warehouse you rent, it's a full operation your brand plugs into. Here's what lives inside it.
EU VAT under our roof
We arrange the VAT registration and filings that let your goods be sold from inside the EU, compliant from the first order.
Bulk storage & inventory
Ambient storage with real-time stock visibility, so you always know what's on hand and what's moving.
Pick, pack & value-added
Order picking, assembly, labeling and protective packaging, tuned to how your product should arrive.
Pan-European distribution
B2C and B2B shipping to all 27 EU countries, with the right carrier chosen per destination.
One system, full visibility
Connect your webshop or ERP once and see inventory, orders and shipments in real time, from anywhere.
Location
At the crossroads of Europe
Our distribution centre sits in Waddinxveen, minutes from the port of Rotterdam, Europe's largest seaport, and within reach of Schiphol airport and the motorway network that feeds Germany, Belgium and France.
That placement is the whole point of a DC in the Netherlands: goods arriving by sea or air are cleared and put away fast, and once picked they can reach most of Western Europe within a day or two. One hub, and the continent is next-day territory.
- 450M
- Consumers in reach
- #1
- EU seaport nearby
- 1–2d
- To Western Europe
How you go live
From overseas brand to European operation
Setting up your own DC takes a year. Plugging into ours takes weeks.
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01
Scope & setup
We map your products, volumes and markets, then arrange VAT and import so you can trade from the EU.
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02
Ship in bulk
Send us a container or pallets. We handle freight, clear customs and put your stock away.
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03
Connect & sync
Link your webshop or marketplace; orders flow straight into the DC and inventory updates live.
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04
We ship, you grow
Every order is picked, packed and delivered across Europe, while you focus on selling.
We have been working with Kolibri for many years. They consistently go the extra mile and are always very accommodating to our needs, no matter how out of the ordinary the request may be. They are quick and friendly and I would highly recommend them.
Lynae Morningstar
ITL Health B.V.
Get started
Open your European distribution centre
Tell us what you sell, where your customers are and roughly how much you ship. We'll come back with one clear plan and quote to run your European distribution from the Netherlands.