Global postal services expose shipping to the USA in whole or in part. The reason for this is the changes to the DE-Minimis rule, which allowed duty-free import of packages worth less than $ 800 (688 euros).
The regulation was introduced in 2016. The then President Donald Trump initially lifted the exception in China in May. In July, Trump then signed a implementing regulation that expanded the abolition of the regulation worldwide.
A new rule applies from August 29th. Letters and personal gifts under $ 100 (around 92 euros) are then liberated from tariffs when importing into the USA. The standard tariffs for imported goods from the respective countries apply to all other packages.
Packages that arrive in the USA before August 29 are not covered with tariffs. However, shipments that arrive after this date can be returned to the sender to avoid additional fees. Some postal services have already announced this.
In response to the upcoming changes, a number of global postal service providers fully set shipping to the USA or introduced certain restrictions. Some of them are temporary, while the next steps are clarified.
The German Logistics Group DHL announced that they are temporary restrictions on sending goods for private and business customers. The acceptance and transport of packages from business customers to the USA was already discontinued on August 22. “Important questions are still unclear. Especially how and by whom the tariffs will be raised in the future, which additional data is required and how data transmission to the US customs and border protection authority (CBP) will take place,” said DHL in an explanation.
Global postal services fight with fast and unclear changes
Postal services on the European mainland, including in Belgium, France, Lithuania, the Czech Republic and Slovenia, have already completely stopped shipping to the USA. In Great Britain, the Royal Mail has stopped export services for companies. She hopes to set up a new system for compliance with the regulations before the new rules were introduced.
A similar development can be observed among postal service providers in New Zealand and Australia. Customer: Inside in both regions, warned of increased postage costs. While package deliveries to the United States in New Zealand are “temporarily not available”, the Australian Post announced that it was a partnership with Zonos, a US customs handling company. The aim is to set up a new billing system that should enable it to pay tariffs in advance.
The change in the DE-Minimis rule has left many postal companies at a loss. Many state that due to the few information about the new rules, they could not adapt in time.
Posturop, the trade association of public mail operators in Europe, said that the technical specifications and the details of implementation were only published by the CBP on August 15. “This remained an extremely limited time frame for the preparation for European postal services.” “In addition, the associated documentation requires even further clarification,” added the association.
In the United States, the possible end of the de-minimis rule has long been a topic of discussion. The regulation had already been examined by the former President Joe Biden, whose own government had started to express doubts about the future of the regulation.
After moving into the White House, Trump accelerated the efforts to permanently abolish the regulation. He accused Chinese sellers: explicitly explicitly explicit to take advantage of the regulation. He also claimed that the free river of uncontrolled small packages made it possible to import illegal goods to the USA.
After the abolition of the DE-Minimis rule for Chinese imports, US trade organizations asked Trump to issue a complete ban. The National Council of Textile Organizations, for example, had called for the “destructive” regulation to end worldwide to prevent Chinese products from getting to the United States through third countries.
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