HONG KONG: The US Postal Service (USPS) stated on Wednesday (Feb 5) it will settle for parcels from China and Hong Kong, in a U-turn after a suspension following President Donald Trump ending a commerce provision utilized by retailers together with Temu, Shein, and Amazon to ship low-value packages duty-free to the US.
“The USPS and Customs and Border Safety are working intently collectively to implement an environment friendly assortment mechanism for the brand new China tariffs to make sure the least disruption to bundle supply,” it stated in a press release.
The Trump administration imposed an additional 10 per cent tariff on Chinese language items and closed the “de minimis” exemption that permits US consumers to keep away from paying tariffs for shipments beneath US$800 from China.
USPS didn’t instantly touch upon whether or not its short-term suspension had been tied to Trump’s order ending de minimis shipments from China, which was introduced on Saturday and got here into power from one minute previous midnight on Tuesday.
“There has actually been completely zero time for anybody to arrange for this,” stated Maureen Cori, co-founder at New York-based consultancy Provide Chain Compliance.
“What we actually want is course from the federal government on learn how to deal with this with out warning or discover.”
Presently, de minimis parcels are consolidated in order that customs can clear tons of or hundreds of shipments without delay, however they’ll now require particular person clearances, considerably rising the burden for postal providers, brokers and customs brokers, stated Cori.
