A shipping escape that exempts the packets of small rates values ended at 12:01 am on Friday, which means that the packages sent to the US. Uu. Less than $ 800 are now subject to additional taxes.
Earlier this year, President Donald Trump finished the escape for small values packages sent from China and Hong Kong.
The High officials of the White House praised the move in a call with journalists on Thursday, saying that it was a crucial step in Trump’s efforts to reject the trade and will also help to take energetic measures against the importation of illegal goods, including fentanyl.
The aircraft with the Fedex logo are parked in the asphalt at the Washington Dulles International Airport next to a transport vehicle of the messaging and logistics company.
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Peter Navarro, main counselor of the President of Commerce and Manufacturing, said that ending the “Deadly de Minimis Loophole” will add up to $ 10 billion in tariff revenues and help “save thousands of US lives by restricting the flow of narcotics and other dangerous and prohibited elements.”
A superior administration official presented how the change will work: the packages of small dollars brought to the US. Will be subject to the rate rate of their country of origin (also called AD VALEM Rate).
However, with the aim of guaranteeing a transition without problems, the administration said it is creating a six -month option in which chargers can pay between $ 80 and $ 200 per article such as a fixed rate, depending on the rate of the country of origin.
There are concerns about the logistics of ending the escape, but the Trump administration said the main shipping companies are prepared for change.
The White House Commercial Advisor, Peter Navarro, talks to photographers at the West Wing entrance into the White House in Washington, DC, USA, August 28, 2025.
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Before the change, UPS, Fedex and DHL have said they will continue to send to the US. After the exemption of “minimis” rates.
When asked if consumers could see some inconvenience when this new policy is implemented, a senior administration official avoided those concerns, saying that the United States gave it a broad warning worldwide.
The senior administration official said that small packages have become “really mortal smuggling devices.”
In general, most of the seized assets on infractions that involve intellectual property violations or for health and safety reasons, such as pieces of weapons sent, involve small value packages, according to a senior administration official.
Navarro said that foreign postal services must obtain “their performance together” when it comes to police packages that reach the US. UU.
When asked if there were enough staff in Customs and the US border patrol. Uu. To handle the change, another official of the Superior Administration said the officers “are ready.”
