The 2020-2021 calendar year was fantastic for the CBD market, and it showed its true potential for how worldwide the products are going to become. It has been getting increasingly popular, and CBD products have taken the world by storm, and selling products in Europe offer lots of fantastic opportunities! In most countries in the EU, it is completely legal to internationally ship and use CBD products, only if they have less than 0.2% THC content.

Where in the EU can I not sell CBD?

While most places have allowed the sale and consumption of CBD-related products, there are a few that have an outright ban on CBD, this may be subject to change in the future, but for now, it’s a no-go!

The countries that have a complete zero-tolerance policy with it are the following: Slovakia, Montenegro, Moldova, Monaco, Belarus, Vatican City, Armenia, Albania, Kosovo, Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan, Andorra, Georgia, North Macedonia, Russia, San Marino, Serbia, Turkey, Lithuania and Bosnia and Herzegovina.

What type of products can be shipped to Europe?

A wide range of different products can be shipped, from CBD flower and hash to CBD drops and CBD distillate. The most popular type is CBD drops, to put in food or just straight into your mouth. They are easy and extremely popular in the European market.

Getting started with wholesaling CBD to Europe

The main thing you need to do is to make sure you have all the necessary licenses and permits to be able to sell internationally, it differs from place to place but there are many people that you can visit to make sure you are going in the right direction, for example, the Small Business Association.

You need to have a trusted, licensed, and tested supplier (If you are not supplying your own product), as you need to know for sure the amount of THC in the product does not push over the legal limit of 0.2%. This is important as big suppliers will have third-party testing so you know the products you are selling are legitimate and fit all of the EU laws Much like in the US there are different rules throughout, wherein the Netherlands CBD is classed as a soft drug, and in Italy, it is classed as a novel food. It’s important to keep up to date with every country that you may be shipping to, as laws and regulations to do with the wholesale of CBD products are constantly changing.

The Wholesale CBD market in the EU really is stepping up, with more advanced products coming out every month. The want for CBD flowers has started to fade, and people want things like CBD Isolate and other various balms and skincare products.