The American postal services suddenly stopped accepting all packages from Hong Kong and China until a new notice, according to an international. Service interruption The notice is posted on the USPS website. This move takes place after China imposition of retaliatory tariffs Regarding US imported goods, including coal and natural gas, to deal with President Trump's executive order to increase taxes on China.
Daniel, the owner of a transport company based in Alberta, Canada, who only requested only his first name for private reasons, telling Wired that two trucks of his company Being rejected at the US border in New York and Montana today because they contain initial packages from China. After talking to a US border and customs protection agent in Montana, the company was able to bring a third truck into Washington by removing all packages from China, Daniel. .
He added that identifying and separating packages from China is a difficult process because the goods that his truck carries often include thousands of small parcels such as DVD, toys and video games, all All come from many different sources.
We talked to Montana CBP's supervisor and they said everything was higher, Daniel Daniel Daniel said. Many trucks were actually rejected today on the border, we were said by our drivers. And many officers have checked trucks and questions (drivers) like, 'Are you sure there are no items made in China in it? This is your last chance. 'They really went through trucks and randomly checked packages.
Previously, packages like Daniel's company often handled freely across the border. However, Trump's executive order not only applies an additional 10 percent for goods from China but also ends the main import tax exemption, one that has allowed the increase of the Central E -commerce platforms. Quoc Nhu Formerly And Shein.
Known as De Minimis, this rule abandoned the task of importing for small packages worth less than 800 dollars shipped into the US. Initially intended to exempt personal gifts and other items that Americans sent home from overseas trips, from there, allowing foreign businesses to sell more easily to American consumers. Without worrying about paying import taxes. The number of De Minimis packages has soared in recent years when the e -commerce market has become more global, making it difficult.
According to CBP, More than 1.36 billion minimum packages In the United States in the fiscal year of 2024, nearly 10 times the number of 2015. It was about 3.7 million packages per day on average, many of which are currently carefully considered at the border for the first time. .
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Bernie Hart, Vice President of Customs Management Business Development and Trade Management at Flexport, a US Supply Chain Management Company, said that every day, US Customs will submit and process about 100,000 items every day . Now, agents must handle a few million more packages a day, verify what in it and how much.
While governments have previously considered eliminating exemption or introducing reforms, Trump is the first person to really do so. This is a quick version and breaks everything from the government.