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(NewsNation) — Postal shipments to the U.S. are down 80% aft President Donald Trump ended the de minimis exemption that made lower-value shipments exempt from tariffs.
The data comes from the UN agency, the Universal Postal Union, which besides noted that 88 shipping providers astir the globe person wholly oregon partially suspended shipping to the U.S.
The de minimis exemption allowed packages nether $800 successful worth to beryllium shipped without being taxable to immoderate duties. The argumentation allowed consumers to straight acquisition goods from overseas without being taxable to tariffs and besides allowed tiny businesses to bargain supplies without the added disbursal of tariffs.
Trump ended the argumentation for China earlier successful the year, striking a stroke to companies similar Shein and Temu that relied connected the regularisation to merchantability ultra-cheap goods straight to American consumers.
On Aug. 29, the de minimis regularisation was ended for the remainder of the globe, prompting a fig of countries to halt astir oregon each shipments to the U.S.
With the exemption ended, postal operators are liable for completing further paperwork and collecting the duties from consumers.
Postal operators say determination wasn't capable clip to found procedures to woody with the caller strategy and they were not capable to easy found relationships with the applicable U.S. authorities.
It's apt that galore postal services volition yet resume shipments to the U.S., but it's apt to travel astatine a higher terms for customers.
