The U.S. Postal Corporation announced on Tuesday that it had temporarily stopped accepting luggage from China and Hong Kong after a few hours after President Trump's orders came into effect.
The United States has almost no customs tests, has no duties, has imported about 3 million sections per day, most of which come from China. Mr. Trump's presidential order has been required to include detailed information on tariff code applied to each parcel and their customs duties from Tuesday morning.
The provisions on low -value parcels known as the de Minimis rules were included in a wider range of orders by Trump, who imposed a 10 % tariff on all imports from China.
However, low -value parcels from China, which had previously had no customs duties, are not only 10 % of tariffs, but also for many complicated duties in all categories that had been completely skirted before. I'm facing.
The US Postal Corporation spokeswoman did not respond to the question whether the suspension was related to the change in trade rules, but it was temporarily suspended in the inbound parcels in China and Hong Kong until there was further notice. I just said.
Customs and border protection did not respond immediately to comment requests. The White House did not provide comments immediately.
Trump's presidential ordinance imposed a 10 % tariff on all Chinese imports on Tuesday. The administration also claimed that China's minimum rules were terminated and trade clauses had become a conducting of Fentanyl to be brought to the United States.
The Trump administration and other critics of De Minimis are easier to use drugs and drugs to make drugs because they do not need to provide so much information to US customs. He argued that there was a possibility that it could be shipped to the United States. And border protection as they are.
The quick development of Trump's trade order was hardly time for post offices and customs officials to scrutinize so many packages. On January 22, Trump said on February 1, a tariff on Canada and Mexico and added China to the list on January 23.
De Minimis supporters have long stated that eliminating the rules will increase the burden on US customs staff. US customs and border security are also a major institution that is responsible for taking many of Trump's execution at the border.
At the online event in October, Ralph Carter, Vice President of Fedex, has a growing resource for customs employees in the United States, and changing the deminism rules may lead to the shipper's bottleneck. did.
“If you convert these millions of shipments from de minimis to formal unofficial clearance, there is no resources to manage it, so there is a serious supply chain backup,” he said. “And it will affect not only Deminimi importers but also all impedors.”
NEIL SAUNDERS, Managing Director of Globaldata Retail, a survey and consulting company, states that the decision to stop international packages from China and Hong Kong has the biggest impact on markets such as Shein, Temu, and some Amazon. Ta.
“They have millions of packages every week in the system,” said Sanders. “The route was temporarily blocked temporarily.”
It can affect customers who have already received orders, and may affect future shipments from companies that deliver products to customers, relying on US postal services. You need to find alternatives such as UPS and Fedex. They can lead a higher price as they see the rise in demand.
Fedex and UPS will move to most of De Minimis Parcels, which operates frequent freight flights from China to the United States. Neither company has yet to respond to questions about how to process new rules.
Shein and Temu are the largest e -commerce companies that connect low -cost Chinese factories to millions of American households. Shein refused to comment on the new rules of a small package on Tuesday, but Temu has not yet responded to the questions sent on Monday. Also, Amazon did not respond immediately to the comment request.
The rapid expansion of e -commerce has brought customs and border security dilemma for many years. Customs officials had already begun to overwhelm by a small e -commerce parcel in 2016 when the Congress and the Obama administration persuaded the minimum value of customs tests and tariff collection from $ 200 to $ 800.
By raising the lowest tax exemption, millions of American households have been able to purchase low -cost products from China. However, US manufacturers, such as textiles and apparel, argue that importing small parcels has impaired the ability to stay in business.
Since 2016, the number of duty -free parcels has increased 10 times. Congress has discussed how to change the rules of duty -free parcels for the past year. Mr. Trump has argued that most or at all tests to allow a large number of packages to the United States has created a conduit for entering the United States for Fentanyl, synthetic opioids, and related supplies.
