This is, in particular, about the abolition of the benefits of De minimis, which previously allowed duty -free import of parcels worth up to $ 800. In 2024, this benefit received more than 1.36 billion parcels totaling $ 64.6 billion.
The validity of the benefits should be completed on August 29 of this year, and this entailed confusion according to customs clearance and taxation procedures, especially among states with new US tariffs. In response to service from Germany, Denmark, Sweden and Italy, they have already stopped sending; France, Austria and the UK plan to do the same in the near future, the media writes.
The largest logistics company DHL said that it stops processing parcels in the United States containing goods from European businesses from August 23.
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After taking office, US President Donald Trump introduced duties for more than 60 trading partners, using them as a lever of pressure in trade negotiations, reminded Politico . In particular, duties on goods from Ukraine were set at 10%.
For the countries of the European Union, Trump first introduced duties at 20%, and then announced plans to increase them to 50%. C. June 1, calling the EU “an extremely complex partner.” He decided delay the introduction of planned tariffs before August 1. But on July 12, he stated that next month 30 percent duties for EU countries will come into force. This decision, as noted by The Guardian, has become a shock for European countries, since Europeans and Americans spent months developing an acceptable agreement for both sides. In it, the tariff rate for EU countries should be 10%, which would have been five times higher than the tariff that acted before Trump arrived in the White House.
The US Exposol in the EU Gordon Sondland told BBC that Trump intentionally uses such an unpredictable approach to setting tariffs to quickly reach agreements. “How to make someone so slow, like the EU, do something now? You introduce a 50 percent tariff for them, and suddenly the phone starts to call, ”he explained.
From August 1, Trump introduced an additional 40% fee for Brazil, increasing the total tariff size to 50%. The White House called this the answer “to the unusual and extraordinary actions of” the Brazilian government, which, according to Trump, is damaged by American companies, the right to freedom of speech in the USA, foreign policy and the country's economy, the message said.
