This directs users to “local” products after the end of Trump de minimis

The Chinese online seller is experiencing more products in his application that can be sent from warehouses in the USA President Donald Trump Decision to cancel a popular tax gap.

Almost a hundred years of exception, known as de minimis, was used by many e-commerce companies to send goods less than USD 800 to service-free American. Asset on Saturday He suspended the exemption within new tariffs, which include an additional 10% tax on Chinese goods.

De minimis has helped increase the development of this and Sheina in the US, enabling companies to bypass taxes on low value parcels and maintain the price of rock DNA everything, from shoes and clothes to furniture and electronics.

After tariff release, it significantly increased the promotion of sellers who have supplies in American warehouses, and not items sent directly from China. Scanning offers in the “Lightning Deals” section shows that it is almost entirely dominated by products with a green “local” badge.

By promoting local supplies, this products not only come to the threshold of buyers faster, but the company also reduces relying on sellers who send directly from China. Although the products are stored in American warehouses, many local offers state that items are sold by companies based in China.

Representatives did not answer the requests for comment.

Promotion of products in the US also puts it in more direct competition AmazonIN eBay AND Walmartwho also signed sellers in China who send goods abroad to their warehouses. Amazon last year drew attention to the dramatic growth of this and Sheina He launched his own budget store, called Haul.

To the owner of the Chinese online seller PDD HoldingsIn March, he started sellers with wrestling in American warehouses. According to an e-commerce research company Pulse on the market.

This, Shein and other Chinese e-commerce companies are trying to minimize the level of interference in their services because they face new, more stringent customs requirements. They were thrown away On Tuesday evening When the American postal service suddenly announced that it suspends incoming packages from China and Hong Kong, “until further notice”.

Less than 12 hours later USPS He turned his decisionAnd accepting packages from these regions resumed. The agency also said that it would cooperate with American goals and protecting borders to “implement a powerful mechanism for collecting new China tariffs to ensure the least disturbance of the package delivery.”

She created uncertainty variability In the case of PDD share price, which fell by 6%on Monday, it increased on Tuesday by 8%and fell on Wednesday by over 3%.

Critics of de minimis claim that this provided the unfair advantage of Chinese e-commerce companies and created the influx of packages that “are subject to minimal documentation and control”, raising concerns about counterfeit and dangerous goods.

Others said that the de minimis dismissal remained in place, claiming that its removal would charge customs officials and lead to higher government costs.

“At some point there will be 3 million of those goods that accumulate one day, and customs can do their best, but they are not equipped,” said Hugo Pakula, CEO TRU IDENTITY Company Compliance Compliance Company. “They must do 10 times more shows this week than last week.”

CBP said that it was processed by over 1.3 billion de minimis shipments in 2024. Report 2023 From the Chinese Chinese Chinese Chinese Party selection committee, she stated that shein was “probably responsible” for over 30% de minimis to the USA

Shein accusing American buyers and sellers. The company opened distribution centers in the United States, including Illinois and California in 2022, and last year the Seattle Supply Chain Center. Business he said Hub Seattle would allow him to “locate and support faster delivery times for American consumers.”

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