Trump delays tariffs in small packages from China

The president of the United States, Donald Trump, has suspended tariffs in small packages from China, after his sudden request that ends tax free treatment for shipments worth less than $ 800 left the United States postal service and other agencies fighting to comply.

The postal service temporarily allowed to accept China packages as a result of the order, only to reverse the course a day later.

Chaos left many in the United States wondering about the fate of the ordered packages of companies such as Shein and Temu, which had used the exemption of low value packages to expand quickly in the United States.

Trump made the change last weekend as part of a broader decision that increases border taxes on China’s assets by 10% on February 4.

His review at Friday said that the treatment without rates for China packages for a value of less than $ 800 would remain in force until “appropriate systems are established to process full and convenient and raise tariff income.”

The measure occurs when some of the other rapid fire changes that Trump has announced since he assumed the position last month has also met with obstacles, including legal challenges.

Last weekend said he was putting 25% tariffs on the goods of Mexico and Canada, before quickly suspending those tasks for a month to allow conversations to continue.

On Friday, Trump said he hoped to announce “reciprocal tariffs” in many countries next week, a plan that had outlined on the path of the campaign by which the United States would impose tariffs on the same rates that other counties apply to equivalent products made in us.

The United States had begun to examine the exemption of low value packages, known as Minimis, before Trump entered the position.

The Biden administration in September proposed to harden the rules in these China packages, saying that the measure would help US companies compete and address the challenges that block illicit drug shipments.

In 2016, the United States had raised the threshold for the exemption of rates and other rates of $ 200 to $ 800 to facilitate trade and allow officials to focus on the most priority shipments.

But that decision has faced criticism as electronic commerce has expanded rapidly and the number of packages that enter the US. UU. Under the size it increased from 140 million to more than 1 billion in 2023.