The United States has suddenly stopped accepting all Hong Kong and China’s packages until further notice, according to international. Disable Publishing notification on the USPS. This step comes after China Imposing revenge definitions For US imports, including coal and natural touch, in response to President Trump’s executive order to increase the definitions of China.
Daniel, the owner of a truck -based truck transport company, tells Canada, who requested the use of his first name only for the reasons for privacy, and indicates that two of his company’s trucks have been removed on the American border in New York and Montana today because it originally contains packages from China. After talking to a customs agent and US border protection in Montana, the company managed to obtain a third truck to Washington by removing all packages from China, says Daniel.
He adds that determining the packages and separating them from China is an arduous process because the goods carried by its trucks usually include thousands of small parcels such as DVD tablets, games and video games, all of which come from a variety of sources.
“We talked to the Montana supervisor CBP to ship, and they said everything is above,” says Daniel. “Many trucks have already been removed today on the border, our drivers told us. Many officers were examining trucks and interrogation [drivers] Like, are you sure that there are no elements in China there? This is your last chance. In fact, they passed by trucks and randomly achieved firmness. “
Previously, packages such as those that Daniel are often dealt with across the border. Trump’s executive, though, does not impose an additional 10 percent tariff on goods from China, but also ends a major exemption from import tax, which enabled the rise of Chinese e -commerce platforms like Timo and Shin.
The base known as De Minimis is known to give up import duties for small beams estimated at less than $ 800 shipped in the United States. It is originally aimed at exempting personal gifts and other elements that the Americans send to the homeland from trips abroad. Since then, foreign companies were allowed to sell goods more easily to American consumers without the need to worry about paying import taxes. The number of minimum packages has increased in recent years as the e -commerce market has become more global, making it difficult – not impossible – for customs and border protection that follows all parcels flowing to the United States.
According to CBP, More than 1.36 billion De Dimen packages The United States entered the fiscal year 2024, or nearly 10 times the number in 2015. This is 3.7 million buckets per day on average- which is now undergoing its scrutiny on the border for the first time.
on 10,000 people For the American Agency for International Development, nearly two -thirds of them are stationed abroad, according to the US Congress Research, a non -party policy research group that serves Congress (excludes the number of “institutional support” contractors). At the agency, there are more than 60 regional and national tasks and represent less than 1 percent of the total American federal budget in general.
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“On a daily basis, American customs will provide about 100,000 posts,” says Bernie Hart, Vice President of Business Development in the field of customs and trade management at Flexport, a US supply chain management company. Now, agents have to treat a few million packages per day, verify their costs and their cost.
While previous administrations thought about removing minimal exemption or providing reforms, Trump was the first to do so already. “This is the management version of rapid move and breaking things,” says Ram bin Zeun, the founder and CEO of Publican, a digital shipping examination platform, citing one of the basic principles of the startup culture.
