Since Friday, the United States has abolished the duty imports for goods imports with a value of less than $ 800.
President Donald Trump initially lifted the exception for China – and at the end of July the end of duty -free for packages from all over the world. International postal services had already restricted shipments to the United States in the past few weeks due to the additional effort. The White House wants you to capture more information about the content of the packages instead.
Among other things, Trump justified the step in that, after the so-called ‘de-minimis’ regulation, duty-free packages had been smuggled into the USA on a large scale. In recent years, duty -free package deliveries have risen sharply thanks to platforms such as Temu and Shein.
Less packages after China-Stop
After the duty freedom for packages with low goods value from China was abolished in May, the number of such shipments in the United States decreased to one million daily, according to government information. Since then, tariffs of $ 492 million have been raised to the packages.
According to the US government, Chinese senders are looking for detours across other countries. This made it necessary to expand the measure to packages from all over the world. According to the rules that have been in effect since Friday, the applicable US tariffs for the country of origin must be paid for-or alternatively a fee of $ 80 to $ 200 for a transition period of six months. There is an exception for ‘real’ gifts worth less than $ 100.
Criticism of postal services
More than 90 percent of the ‘de-minimis’ packages are promoted by Express deliverers such as Fedex or UPS, the US government said. Here you don’t count on problems with shipping. The White House has harsh words for regular postal services that restricted shipping to the USA with a view to the new regulation. You should rather take care that more information about the content of the packages is collected and shared with US authorities, said a senior government official in Washington. If you gave up shipping to the USA instead, express providers would simply take over their business.