The U.S. Postal Service has lifted its restriction on mail from China and Hong Kong, and packages from those countries are once again their route to the United States.
After President Donald Trump ordered the United States to impose an additional 10% tariff on Chinese goods and terminated a customs exemption that let small value packages to enter the country tax-free, the ban went into effect on February 4.
Unknown is the reason behind the Postal Service’s decision to lift the ban. In order to prevent delivery delays, it really stated that it would collaborate with Customs and Border Protection to establish a collection procedure for the increased China tariffs.
For Americans who purchase at Chinese-based stores like Shein and Temu, which would have been hurt by the ban, the reversal is a victory.
Both the de minimis exemption, which formerly let goods to go tax-free if their worth was less than $800, and the inexpensive, direct postal service aid these businesses in keeping expenses down.
Shipment delays and maybe higher rates for businesses that depend on rock-bottom pricing for massive sales would have resulted from the Postal Service’s suspension.
Since the importer, not the exporter, will be paying the 10% levy, it is still anticipated that the tariffs will affect those enterprises’ costs and shipping schedules. That is to say, the United States, not China, pays the 10% tariff.
On the lower end of the Trump tariff scale is the 10%. While on the campaign trail, he suggested imposing a 60% tariff on Chinese goods and a 20% duty on all other imports into the United States, according to PBS News.
This report was contributed to by the Associated Press.
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