Compliance with new rules has also been shown to be a large elevator for customs and border protection (CBP) and American postal services, later stop accepting Packages from China and Hong Kong completely on Tuesday when it scrambled to manage packages from China was suddenly tested more thoroughly.
CBP Publishing guide On Wednesday, the public warns that the packages sent from China to the United States must now be sentOfficial importA process involves providing wide documents, including the value of the parcel content and comes with a higher processing fee.
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Currently, it seems that shipping companies are carrying most of the burden created by new trade rules, and not all of them are satisfied with that. To deal with Trump's tariffs, two logistics carriers, DHL Hong Kong and Hong Kong, announced They will no longer accept individual packages transported to the United States. The owner of an Alberta -based transportation company, Canada told Wired that he planned to pay for the first tasks and charge the customer afterwards.
The exemption of $ 800 exemption is expected to attack the low -cost shopping platforms of China such as Shein and the hardest Temu, but many smaller e -commerce sellers have also felt felt. burn. Sales brand Mechanical keyboardThen underwearAnd tea All have informed their customers about the suspension of potential shipments and increasing prices to deal with tariffs, according to screenshots shared on Reddit.
Miguel Schraeder, owner of a Canadian boardgame accessory company, said some of his customers have been required by UPS to pay heavy import tax for products made in China. His company source products from Chinese manufacturers, but take them out of Canada. However, they were slapped with unexpected import missions.
In an example, Schraeder was shared with Wired, the customer ordered $ 30 on Friday before the tariff was announced and was now required by UPS to pay $ 52.22 to receive the package, more than 170 % The initial price of the item.
He said that until the new tax rates take effect, he always transferred packages to US customers exempt. He really encourages his customers to order before last week to try to avoid fees, but in the end, it is still affected.
Schraeder said he had talked to his usual contact at UPS, who told him that hundreds of thousands of packages were organized for the same reason. It seems that they do not have the system set up for this proper handling, according to Mr. Schra Schraeder, specifically referring to UPS's ground transport system. They only charge for everyone equivalent (fee) as if it was a $ 800 item. It was probably why people are being so high for such low -cost items, They mentioned that they are considering fixing that but they don't promise anything.
Schraeder is expected to lose money from this chaos because customers can refuse to pay for imports and return items at the seller's cost. Therefore, he planned to temporarily suspend sales for the United States.
A complex factor for some small business owners is Trump's tariffs target at the original country where the products are produced, which means there is no problem if the items are manufactured in China sat in another country for years before coming to the US. My problem is that used clothes are often missing, or cannot be read, he said, Brown, owner of old clothes.
Like many others, Brown said his packages were rejected at the US-Canada border on Tuesday. He could apply for an official entry and tried to transport products to the US again, but he said it would spend too much money and time. In the future, I withdrew all the items made in China and placed my platform in a vacation mode to prevent sales. It was extreme, but the only fair choice for my customers, I felt, he said.