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US President Donald Trump has suspended temporary measures to close the exemption of tariffs on low -cost charges from China, while officials discover how to impose taxes on millions of packages that reach the United States every day.
In an amendment to an executive order signed on Wednesday and published late on Friday, the White House said that the so-called minimum bon-which exempts shipments less than $ 800 of the introductory value and strict customs checks-will remain valid even “sufficient systems in their place To fully and smooth the customs tariff revenues. “
De Minimis is designed to help families and small companies buy low -cost elements from the outside without exposing them to hard customs checks. In recent years, this blessing has proven to e -commerce platforms that are charged directly to consumers, such as China and Temu.
Last week, Trump canceled the exemption in an executive order announcing an additional 10 percent tariff on goods from China, which the White House said was aimed at punishing Beijing to allow the deadly optullinel fentanel to flow to the United States.
But if analysts warn that the decision, which entered into force after a few days, will force customs officials to implement the most complex official entry process on every package that arrives from China.
It will also make the parcels previously qualified to the theme of De Minimis not only for an additional tariff by 10 percent but also to the current commercial fees, according to experts.
On Tuesday, the American Post service suspended the receipt of the packages from China, including Hong Kong, when the definitions came into effect, before retreating after one day to accept shipments.
Usps said it is working with customs officials to create a “effective collection mechanism”, as the rapid implementation of the increasing work burden of customs officials and disturbances of exporters and shipping companies.
US officials have always had the minimum rules of their eyes. Local retailers who buy elements from the outside in large quantities complained that the exemption gave Chinese e -commerce groups an unfair cost advantage.
The administration of former US President Joe Biden has proposed measures to tighten the rules related to a minimum system.
Customs and US Border Customs can treat more than 4 milliliters of low -value shipments per day. The report of the Congress selecting Committee in 2023 estimated that about 30 percent of these packages came from Temu and Shein.
The transition to cancel the minimum exemption from Chinese e -commerce sellers this week, who said that some logistics groups had been paid for seized fees for covering fees and other customs costs.
A report of Nomura analysts, the Japanese Investment Bank, estimated that China has shipped $ 46 billion in the United States under minimal rules in 2024, and that the mitigation process of exemptions may expel 0.2 percentage of Chinese economic growth in 2025.
Trump is expected to make a call with Chinese leader Xi Jinping in the coming days to avoid escalation in commercial tensions, with the Chinese revenge tariff for the United States, which will bear valid on Monday. But the US president said on Tuesday that he was “not rushing” to speak with his Chinese counterpart.
