European postal services suspend shipment of packages to US over tariffs
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ATHENS, Greece (AP) — The end of an exemption on tariff duties for low-value packages coming into the United States is causing multiple international postal services to pause shipping as they await more clarity on the rule.
The exemption, known as the “ de minimis” exemption, allows packages worth less than $800 to come into the U.S. duty free. A total of 1.36 billion packages were sent in 2024 under this exemption, for goods worth $64.6 billion, according to data from the U.S. Customs and Border Patrol Agency.
It is set to expire on Friday. On Saturday, postal services around Europe announced that they are suspending the shipment of many packages to the United States amid confusion over new import duties.
I think one of the reasons is that US is now demanding shippers pay the tariffs, which is unheard of and no shipping company has mechanisms to achieve this.
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ATHENS, Greece (AP) — The end of an exemption on tariff duties for low-value packages coming into the United States is causing multiple international postal services to pause shipping as they await more clarity on the rule.
The exemption, known as the “ de minimis” exemption, allows packages worth less than $800 to come into the U.S. duty free. A total of 1.36 billion packages were sent in 2024 under this exemption, for goods worth $64.6 billion, according to data from the U.S. Customs and Border Patrol Agency.
It is set to expire on Friday. On Saturday, postal services around Europe announced that they are suspending the shipment of many packages to the United States amid confusion over new import duties.
Love it. I hope other countries follow suit since no one here in the US is going to learn until life starts being inconvenient/uncomfortable.
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Love it. I hope other countries follow suit since no one here in the US is going to learn until life starts being inconvenient/uncomfortable.
From what I've been reading it's nearly the whole world.
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From what I've been reading it's nearly the whole world.
Saves them having to hold a ton of us crap that’s got a $400 tariff on a 59 cent item and they buyer says fuck that keep it.
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I think one of the reasons is that US is now demanding shippers pay the tariffs, which is unheard of and no shipping company has mechanisms to achieve this.
Are you sure ? In Europe at least you pay tarif directly to the vendor and he pay the tariff for you when sending the package. That seem a normal thing for expedition.
Is it not because nobody know which tariff apply to which goods or countries ? -
Love it. I hope other countries follow suit since no one here in the US is going to learn until life starts being inconvenient/uncomfortable.
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I think one of the reasons is that US is now demanding shippers pay the tariffs, which is unheard of and no shipping company has mechanisms to achieve this.
From what they say here it's because tariffs are paid on delivery, so by US people, and many of them refuse to do so. And shipping companies don't want to deal with this mess.
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Are you sure ? In Europe at least you pay tarif directly to the vendor and he pay the tariff for you when sending the package. That seem a normal thing for expedition.
Is it not because nobody know which tariff apply to which goods or countries ?Youre right, but if you buy something and taxes arent paid, or paperwork isnt done right, you will be paying for it on delivery.
The us is like that from what ive read on the case of tarrifs.
Tbh, their whole sales tax and extra costs system is fucked and its the reason i dont order from the us or uk anyway. To much shit to deal with -
ATHENS, Greece (AP) — The end of an exemption on tariff duties for low-value packages coming into the United States is causing multiple international postal services to pause shipping as they await more clarity on the rule.
The exemption, known as the “ de minimis” exemption, allows packages worth less than $800 to come into the U.S. duty free. A total of 1.36 billion packages were sent in 2024 under this exemption, for goods worth $64.6 billion, according to data from the U.S. Customs and Border Patrol Agency.
It is set to expire on Friday. On Saturday, postal services around Europe announced that they are suspending the shipment of many packages to the United States amid confusion over new import duties.
Good! This country needs to be taught a lesson. I am a big fan of Japanese culture and own a Japanese car and I can hold back on any major purchases if needed. But for my super conservative/ hyper capitalist coworkers who “have” to always be buying something are already complaining that there stuff from amazon and temu are increasing in price or are not getting shipped are going has a rude awakening. Christmas is gonna be hilarious and sad for most of us.
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ATHENS, Greece (AP) — The end of an exemption on tariff duties for low-value packages coming into the United States is causing multiple international postal services to pause shipping as they await more clarity on the rule.
The exemption, known as the “ de minimis” exemption, allows packages worth less than $800 to come into the U.S. duty free. A total of 1.36 billion packages were sent in 2024 under this exemption, for goods worth $64.6 billion, according to data from the U.S. Customs and Border Patrol Agency.
It is set to expire on Friday. On Saturday, postal services around Europe announced that they are suspending the shipment of many packages to the United States amid confusion over new import duties.
