Postal traffic into US plunges by more than 80% after Trump ends exemption | US news
The United Nations Postal Agency said on Saturday that the Trump administration has ended a tariff exemption for low -cost imports after the termination of a tariff exemption for the United States has fallen more than 80% to the United States.
After eliminating the so -called “minimis exemption de for the United States, the United States, the US has begun to take new measures that can help to calculate and collect the tasks or taxes of mail operators around the world.
Eighty -eight mail operator, UPU said that they had suspended some or entire postal services to the US until a solution was applied for the parcels of the US, which has a deduction to escape the customs accusations of imported goods.
“After the implementation of new rules on August 29, 2025, the Postal traffic came to a head after placing customs burden and transferring the customs load to the US Customs and Border Conservation Agency for the first time after the implementation of new rules on August 29, 2025,” he said.
UPU said that the information variable between the postal operators through the electronic network showed that traffic fell 81% on August 29th on 29 August.
Switzerland, Bern -based agency, “major operational disruptions” occurred, because airlines and other carriers are not willing to gather such tasks or willing to gather such tasks, and foreign mail operators did not make a connection with CBP qualified companies, he said.
Before the measure entered into force, the Postal Union sent a letter to US Secretary of State Marco Rubio to express his concerns about his impact.
The minimis exemption has existed since 1938, and the administration says that foreign enterprises have become a gap that criminals exploited to avoid tariffs and that criminals use to take drugs to the United States.
Purchases entering the United States without having to clean the customs earlier now require veterinarianism and are subject to the applicable tariff rate that can range from 10% to 50% of origin countries.
According to the White House, although the change applies to the products of each country, US residents will not have to pay tasks for gifts for personal souvenirs from excursions to $ 100 or from excursions abroad.
UPU said that its members were not given enough time or guidance to comply with the procedures specified in the executive order signed on July 30 to eliminate the customs -free suitability of low -valuable goods.
