
US Postal Service he said On Wednesday, he resumed the reception of incoming mail and packages from China and Hong Kong, just a few hours after suspension of the service from these regions.
“USPS, accurate and protection of borders work closely to implement the efficient mechanism of collecting new China tariffs in order to ensure the smallest disturbance of the package delivery,” wrote the agency in a notification published on its website. The change is effective immediately.
USPS Announced at the end of Tuesday It would stop taking plots from China and Hong Kong posts “until further notice”.
This movement took place for the president Donald Trump On Saturday, he imposed an additional 10% tax on Chinese goods as part of sweeping new tariffs for the three best trading partners in the country. On Monday, Trump agreed to refrain from applying 25% tariffs on Canada and Mexico for 30 days.
As part of Trump tariffs also closed Almost a hundred years of trade gap, called “de minimis”, which allows exporters to send packages worth less than USD 800 to American service free of service. It is widely expected that the de minimis suspension will affect the upstarted Chinese e-commerce companies ago and Shein, which consisted of de minimis and gained popularity in the US due to their cheap clothing, furniture and electronics sent directly from China.
American customs and border agencies he said He processed over 1.3 billion de minimis shipments in 2024. Report 2023 From the Chinese Chinese Chinese Chinese Chinese Party Committee, he stated that Shein and Shein are “probably responsible” for over 30% of de minimis to the USA and “probably almost half” of all de minimis shipments from China.
The increase in electronic trade and the inflow of low value packages that took place with it, prompted Congress in 2016 Raise the de minimis threshold from 200 to USD 800.
Yin Lam, the Morningstar analyst, said at the end of Tuesday a huge number of daily de minimis supplies to the USA creates a “significant challenge” for USPS, because “it is difficult to check all packages – so it will take some time.”
Critics claimed that the trading gap allowed illegal drugs such as Fentanyl, to enter the US by post. Trading officials also said De minimis shipments are subject to less control, raising concerns about counterfeit and dangerous goods.
– – CNBC Evelyn Cheng He contributed to this report.