President Trump signed on Wednesday executive Order Suspend De minimis discount To allow a low-value parcel sent to the United States to avoid tariffs.
The White House stated that it is discontinuing that it is called “horrific flaws” that shippers “tariffs and funnel dedley use to release synthetic opiides or bottom-market products” orders in the US become effective on August 29.
The discount had applied to parcels worth $ 800 or less, and allowed foreign retail vendors to ship cheap items in American tax-free.
Underlining the new policy, the White House said in a fact sheet, “President Trump is ending the spread of shippers around the world, among other things, D Minimis exploit the privilege in efforts to avoid duty, inspection and American law.”
In May, Mr. Trump abolished the D Minimis Loofol for imports from China and Hong Kong, which allowed retail vendors such as Shin and Temu to ship the US-based consumers at the price of bargain-base. Shipments in the US for most of the day minimis shipments of China and Hong Kong according to the White House.
The purpose of the de minimis provision, which was added to the 1930 Tariff Act after several years after the passage of the law, was to provide business facilities by eliminating the administrative burden of collecting minor import duties on low -cost goods.
The number of low-value parcels entering the US has increased in the last decade. Between 2015 and 2025, the figure increased from 134 million shipments to about 1.4 billion per year. According to the White House, the customs and border petrol process for more than 4 million de minimis shipments for the US.
Retailers such as Shin and Temu were forced to suspend flaws for imports from China and Hong Kong earlier this year. China -based Temu stopped the shipment of Chinese goods for American customers and transferred only to American shopkeepers to sell products, which could be obtained from the company’s American warehouses.
