Global Postal Services Halt Parcel Shipments to U.S. Amid ‘De Minimis’ Changes

International postal services are affected by the tariffs, but also from other parts of the world, such as India and New Zealand, have announced the temporary suspension of deliveries of packages to the United States and Puerto Rico with a commercial value between $100 and $800, after the expiration of the exemption from tariffs that had been applied to low-value incoming shipments, known as de minimis, following the expiration of the minimis duty exemption for low-value inbound shipments.

In the last few days, several European post services has announced the discontinuation of the service of sending low-value parcels to the US, such as the German Deutsche Post DHL, the Spanish Correos, the French La Poste, Poste Italiane, the Belgian Bpost, as well as the Scandinavian PostNord and the Dutch PostNL.

The decision announced by the European postal services and those of other countries only affects parcels sent to the United States and Puerto Rico with a value greater than 100 dollars, but equal to or less than 800 dollars.

Shipments to the United States and Puerto Rico will be subject to a tariff as of next Friday

Thus, the shipment to the United States of letters and documents of no commercial value, books, as well as gifts sent by individuals with a value of $100 or less, will not be affected and will continue to be admitted.

As of August 29, all shipments of goods of such value destined for the United States and Puerto Rico will be subject to duties in an amount that will vary depending on the country of origin of the shipments and the value of the product.

“Due to the limited time to adapt to these new requirements, and in order to protect the interests of its customers,“ Correos announced Friday that it will temporarily suspend shipments to the United States and Puerto Rico until an appropriate solution to comply with the new rule has been developed and implemented.