Morphine Prince 109,654 Posted August 29, 2025 Share Posted August 29, 2025 LONDON — Postal services across the world are halting shipments to the United States this week amid mounting confusion over new import duties that will apply to parcels starting Friday. President Donald Trump signed an executive order last month abolishing the trade loophole known as “de minimis,” which since 2016 had allowed goods worth up to $800 to enter the U.S. duty-free. The end of the exemption is being extended worldwide after the loophole was closed in May for packages from mainland China and Hong Kong. Under the new rules, personal gifts worth less than $100 will still be duty-free, but all other packages will face the same tariffs as standard imports from their country of origin. The planned policy shift, which operators say lacks clear procedures, has raised concerns about backlogs as services are put on hold. Postal providers in Belgium, Denmark and New Zealand are among several operators that have already suspended shipments of packages to the U.S. until they can retool their systems to comply with the new rules. Letters and documents are generally unaffected. Services in Germany, France, Britain and India have announced they will follow suit in the coming days. France’s national postal service, La Poste, said in a statement that the U.S. did not provide full details or allow enough time to prepare for new customs procedures. New Zealand’s postal service said parcel deliveries to all U.S. states and territories would be “temporarily unavailable until further notice” while systems are updated to meet new U.S. customs requirements. DHL, one of the world’s largest courier companies, said Friday that it will stop accepting parcels containing goods from business customers destined for the U.S. beginning Monday. Read more: https://www.nbcnews.com/world/europe/global-mail-carriers-suspend-us-deliveries-confusion-new-duties-rcna226828 1 1 2 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
FATCAT 60,888 Posted August 29, 2025 Share Posted August 29, 2025 My tiktok shop order got cancelled smh This kitten over here (meow) 2 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThisGuyTony 34,860 Posted August 29, 2025 Share Posted August 29, 2025 Here we goooo 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Controversiaga 15,991 Posted August 29, 2025 Share Posted August 29, 2025 My doll from Australia got delayed Pronounced like “Balenciaga” . Emphasis on the “Ga” Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flippy 14,252 Posted August 30, 2025 Share Posted August 30, 2025 1 hour ago, FATCAT said: My tiktok shop order got cancelled smh Wait, really? TMBT 3.22.11 // TBTWB 1.17.13 // ArtRAVE 6.3.14 // C2CT 5.28.15 // TJWT 8.13.17 // CWT 9.8.22 // TMB 7.22.25 & 7.24.25 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted August 30, 2025 Share Posted August 30, 2025 It’s gonna get worse Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
27monster27 15,850 Posted August 30, 2025 Share Posted August 30, 2025 I'm worried for my moms mineral business which requires international mail to be successful. ): he/him/his 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Mayhem 3,425 Posted August 30, 2025 Share Posted August 30, 2025 Good luck trying to buy products from OUTSIDE the US now... Trump's doing a fantastic job... But he'll blame all of this on Biden somehow... 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Franch Toast 27,737 Posted August 30, 2025 Share Posted August 30, 2025 He's such an ass. This is going to mess with so many businesses' livelihoods and is also interfering with my own work. She/Her/Hers 1 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luv u Sum 2,534 Posted August 30, 2025 Share Posted August 30, 2025 what a mess........ Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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