Yesterday, the American Postal Service reflected the discontinuation of the parcels received from China and Hong Kong. It will continue to accept international shipments from the two countries, although they warn of “turmoil” to delivery operations.
Usps previously announced He temporarily stopped all the beams shipped from China and Hong Kong. The decision came in the wake of President Donald Trump’s executive order canceled This minimum exemption For shipments from China. This means that the parallel worth to $ 800 is now qualified for American import duties and import taxes, including the new 10 percent customs tariff applied to all goods from China.
in statementUsps says it “will continue to accept all international internal mail and beams from China and Hong Kong publications.” The service also notes that it is working closely with customs and American border protection “to implement an effective collection mechanism for new China’s definitions to ensure less disruption in the connection of packages.”
None of UPS or FEDEX has announced restrictions on China’s shipments in the wake of the new executive order, but each company will have to ship and shipping new operations to search a large volume of Chinese charges and collect customs duties and tariffs. It is likely to be delayed, as well as shipping costs, but the complete effect of change is still unclear.
There was More than 1.3 billion parcels It is shipped in the United States under minimal exemption in 2024, although not everything from China, so the size of the problem is enormous. The vulnerability was common for e -commerce companies including TEMU, Shein and Amazon, which allowed them to charge cheap goods directly to consumers while avoiding import duties.
Today’s European Commission Renewable calls In order for the European Union to implement its customs reform, which removes its exempt from the customs duties of beams that are worth less than 150 euros, and also proposed the application of fees for dealing with e -commerce shipments imported directly to consumers as a way to recover the costs of inspection and processing of parcels.
