US Postal Service announced Tuesday that it was temporarily shut down the package from China and Hong Kong a few hours later An order of President Trump Has been effective which has finished many duty -free handling of these parcels.
In the United States, a little tariff inspection and collecting any tariff and importing about three million parcels every day – most of them come from China. An executive order that Mr. Trump Signed on Saturday This is necessary, starting from Tuesday morning, each parcel must include the content of the content and the applicable tariff code, as well as the details of the payment of those tariffs.
The provisions of lower-price parcels, which are known as D Minimis RulesMr. Trump was included in a wide order that imposed an additional 10 percent tariff on all imports from China.
However, the low -cost parcels from China, which were previously duty -free, are not only 10 percent tariff, these shipments face many complex tariffs on each category products before fully skirt.
A spokesperson of the US postal service did not answer any questions about whether the stops were related to the change of trade rules, but simply said that the service would be temporarily suspended in China and Hong Kong’s inbound parcels until further notice.
Customs and border protection do not respond to any request for remarking immediately. The White House did not immediately comment.
Mr. Trump’s executive order imposed 10 percent tariff on all Chinese imports starting Tuesday. The administration also ended the D Minimis’ rules for China, arguing that the trade provision has become a hydraulic to bring Fentanyl to the United States.
The Trump administration and other critics of De Minim argued that drugs and predecessors were used to make them more easily be transmitted to the United States using trade provisions, since Di Minimis users do not have to provide so much information to the exports of the US and otherwise they are otherwise such borders. Protection.
Mr. Trump’s trade order had a very short time to prepare for the quick rollout postal and customs officers to verify so many packages. Mr Trump said January 22 that he would keep tariffs in Canada and Mexico on February 7, then added China to the list on January 26. He signed the executive order on February 7 to take effect just three days later.
Supporters of De Minimis have long been said that the elimination of this provision will increase the burden on US customs officials. The primary agency responsible for the US Customs and Border Protectiono Border Application of Mr. Trump on the border.
At an online event in October, Fedex’s co -president Ralph Carter noticed that resources for US customs officials were expanded and the change in the rules of the Di minimis could cause shippers to obstruct.
“If we convert this millions of invoices to formal, informal exemptions from D Minimis, we will have serious supply chain backup, because it is not just the resource to manage it,” he said. “And so it’s not just the importer of the Di minim, but all the importers are about to influence.”
FedEx and UPS have removed a large portion of the minimis parcels, running frequent cargo flights from China to the United States to carry them. No company has yet answered questions about how they will conduct new rules.
Sheen and Temu are the two largest e-trade companies that connect the low-cost Chinese factories to several million American families. Shein refused to comment on the new rules on small packages on Tuesday, while Temu has not yet responded to the question sent on Monday.
The rapid expansion of e-commerce has created a dilemma for customs agency, tariffs and border protection. Customs officials have already begun to be overwhelmed by the small e-commerce parcel in 20 2016, when they agreed to increase the Congress and Obama administration from $ 800 to $ 200 to $ 200 to raise the minimum price for tariffs and tariff collection.
Raising duty -free minimum has allowed millions of American families to buy a very low price product from China. However, American manufacturers in sectors like textiles and clothing have argued that the import of small parcels has reduced their business capacity.
The number of duty -free parcels has increased tenfold since 20 2016. Congress has been arguing for the past one year how to change the rules on duty -free parcels. Mr. Trump has argued that Fentanel, a synthetic OPWED, and a hydraulic supply for entry to the United States, allowed to allow so many packages in the United States with little or any inspection.
Jordin Holman Reporting contribution from New York.
