Amazon have announced that FBA removal and disposal fees will soon be charged on a per-unit basis at the time each unit is removed or disposed of. Coming in for removal and disposal orders created on or after the 1st of May, this differs from the current billing arrangement where these fees were charged once the entire removal or disposal order was completed.
This update is in line with industry standards and gives you more visibility into your removal and disposal activities. This change only affects when you are charged. The fee rates for removal and disposal fees remain unchanged.
– Amazon
You might think this a minor change, as it’s not a fee change, just a billing change. However, currently for each removal and disposal you’d receive a single line item as a consolidated bill. After the 1st of May, if you put in a removal and disposal for say 500 items, you could potentially be getting hundreds (even 500) individual bills which you’ll then have to reconcile against your inventory holdings and accounting solutions.
The change to per-unit basis for removal and disposal orders has already come into effect in the US as of the 15th of February 2026. It’ll be hitting European Amazon sellers from the 1st of May 2026.
Best advice in the short term is that if you have stock that needs removal and disposal then get your orders submitted during the month of April in order to receive a single consolidated bill. This of course won’t help in the longer term so in the future you’ll have to put plans in place to reconcile micro-billing each time you clean up your stock holding in FBA.
