On Friday, customs services published new guidelines, according to which packages up to $ 800 will be charged with duties dependent on the import of a given country. It will be $ 80 for products from countries where customs duties are up to 16 %, $ 160 for goods from countries with duties from 16 to 25 percent. and $ 200 in the event that customs are higher than 25 percent. Until now, exemption from duties of small shipments, in accordance with the so -called The de minimis principle had been in force since 1938.
Exemption from duties of small parcels – in accordance with the so -called The de minimis principle – was in force since 1938. Already in May, the administration of Donald Trump endured exemptions from customs duties for shipments from Hong Kong and China. – The abolition of a deadly legal gap by President Trump, the so -called de minimis, will save thousands of Americans by limiting the flow of drugs and other dangerous, forbidden goodsand will also increase the revenues from customs to the Treasury to $ 10 billion a year – said Peter Navarro, advisor to the White House trade on Thursday, in an interview with journalists.
A representative of the American administration told Reuters that The introduced change is to be constant and all actions aimed at restoring exemptions for the so -called Trusted partners will end in failure.
To support the development of small companies on e-commerce platforms In 2015, the US raised the value of shipments exempt from $ 200 to $ 800. During his first presidential term, Donald Trump introduced duties to goods exported by Beijing, and therefore the number of small shipments from China increased radically, leading to the development of such giants as this or Shein.
Countries around the world suspend shipments to the USA
Customs will lead to increased prices for goods sold through e-commerce companies, they can also equalize their costs with the charges of traditional retail sellers. American customs said that in 2024 nearly 1.4 billion packages released from customs were sent to the USA. The total value of their value amounted to over $ 64 billion.
The World Postal Association on Tuesday announced that 25 countries suspended postal services to the United States. The reason for this decision is the uncertainty related to the consequences of the USA to cover small shipments with customs charges. Such a decision was made by mail, among others in Poland, Scandinavian countries, Austria, the Czech Republic, Belgium, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Great Britain and Italy.
