Aussies sending goods to the US to be hit by a tariff rule this month
Australians, e-regions and enterprises exporting goods to the United States are about to be shot with a new tariff after the Trump administration has disrupted the exemption of imports of less than $ 800.
Australia Post warned that US President Donald Trump’s import tariff changes entered into force as of 29 August and affect the sending of Australians to the states.
Australia Post Notification, “We are actively monitoring any development and more information will be available as we will continue to provide timely updates,” he said.
Newswire understands that the new tariff should be gathered from the origin country and is trying to find a solution to Australia.
A Australian Post Spokesman said they focused on providing a reliable and competitive postal service for customers who send international parcels.
“The United States Government has recently announced significant changes in the Import Tariff rules that will affect customers from Australia to the US,” he said.
“Our priority is to keep our customers up to date about changes and what they mean to them.”
The products sent to the US less than $ 800, survived to pay any tariffs, but last month, President Trump signed an executive order to suspend the exemption of the Tariff Exemption of the Tariffs without Customs for Low Valuable Posts from all countries.
The change is expected to affect e-reactments around the world and saw that some countries suspended the sending of the USA to the United States.
The order, internal security, allows you to close a gap exploited by organized criminals to avoid schedules to avoid schedules.
An internal security spokesman said that within the scope of minimus exemption, the countries used the American market to fill the American market (such as e-commerce retailers Temu and Shein) to fill American producers and cheap goods that upside down.
“In the last decade, the volume of minimus shipments to the US has exploded and in 2015, 134 million shipments rose to 1.36 billion posts in 2024,” he said.
“DE minimus shipments made up 90 percent of all cargo seizures in FY 24.”
Some European postal services have paused posts to the US according to the new tariff rules.
Sweden’s Postnord said that the change of minimus rules will significantly affect international postal services and e-regions.
The company stopped posts to the USA and Porto Rico until a compatible solution was developed and implemented.
Australia mail was contacted for comment.
