President Donald Trump signed an govt order on Wednesday that can droop the de minimis exemption — which permits packages with items valued lower than $800 to enter the US duty-free — for all nations. Earlier this yr, Trump ended the de minimis exemption for items from China and Hong Kong.
The White Home says the change goes into impact on August twenty ninth. Per the manager order, for the following six months, items shipped by the worldwide postal system will both be charged the flat tariff fee based mostly on nation of origin (an ad valorem obligation) or a particular obligation starting from $80 to $200 per merchandise. After six months, all duties can be calculated as ad valorem duties.
The White Home’s argument for ending the exemption is that packages utilizing it are “topic to much less scrutiny than conventional imports” and will “pose well being, security, nationwide and financial safety dangers.” The White Home claims that 98 % of narcotics seizures (by “variety of circumstances”) are from de minimis shipments. It additionally says that low-value packages from China and Hong Kong accounted for “nearly all of de minimis shipments to the US.”
