The “de minimis” exemption that allowed packages worth less than US$800 to enter the United States duty-free was removed as part of an executive order signed by Trump on February 1 ...

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Popular online retailers including Shein, Temu, and Amazon.com's new Haul service send packages directly from Chinese factories to US shoppers and use de minimis to keep prices low US President ...

Both sites grew exponentially in the US in recent years helped by the so-called de minimis rule, a measure that exempted shipments worth less than US$800 from import duties. A June 2023 report ...

As part of a new 10% tariff on China, on February 3 Trump revoked a “de minimis” rule that previously allowed small packages under $800 to enter the U.S. duty free. The exception enabled the rapid ...

Fashion’s global supply chain is experiencing a seismic shift. The decades-old ‘de minimis’ rule — a seemingly innocuous trade provision allowing low-value individual parcels to be imported into the ...

The eventual cancellation of de minimis means the more than 1 billion small-value e-commerce packages arriving annually in the United States with goods coming directly from China must switch to an ...

“President Trump’s order directs agencies to examine not only the effects of these practices and their contribution to the U.S. trade deficit but also to propose solutions such as penalty tariffs and ...