The opposite American postal service the course per day after having prohibited all incoming packages of China and Hong Kong.
The post office had announced Tuesday that it would no longer accept the packages of China and Hong Kong after the United States has imposed an additional 10% price on Chinese products and ended a customs exception that allowed parcels at small value to enter the United States without paying tax.
The postal service reversed the course on Wednesday but gave no reason. He said it would work with customs and border protection to implement a collection process for new China prices in order to avoid delivery disturbances.
The post office underlined the short discovery on the overthrow when asked for more details on the overthrow on Wednesday by the Associated Press.
The prohibition has the potential to create massive disturbances for online shopping platforms like Shein and Temu, popular with young buyers in the United States for cheap clothes and other products, generally sent directly from the China.
The direct and cheap postal service helps these companies to maintain low costs, as well as the exemption “of minimis” which previously allowed shipments to go into tax franchise if their value is less than $ 800.
The suspension by USPS would probably have created delays in shipments and potentially higher prices for companies that depend on rock prices for huge sales.
What exactly the USPS announced?
One day after the American postal service said in an opinion that it would stop accepting the incoming plots of the posts of China and Hong Kong until further notice, he declared Wednesday who would continue to accept all the international mail and packages from China and Hong Kong. “”
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Letters and apartments – Mail which measures up to 15 inches (38 centimeters) long or 3/4 inches (1.9 centimeter) of thickness – were not included in the prohibition.
The USPS did not give a reason for the ban on Tuesday, but the suspension occurred after Trump closed the exemption from customs “of Minmimis” this week for China which allowed buyers and importers of Avoid duties on plans of a value of less than $ 800.
The exemption was removed as part of an executive decree to take a 10% rate from Chinese products.
Customs and the protection of American borders have previously declared that it treats on average more than 4 million imports of “minimis” each week.
He also did not give any reason for his decision on Wednesday and did not immediately respond to the requests of the Associated Press for Comments.
What will happen probably?
Under the new prices imposed by Trump on Chinese imports, analysts say that consumers are likely to see price increases and potential delays in companies like Shein and Temu.
Chinese exports of low -value plans climbed to $ 66 billion in 2023, compared to $ 5.3 billion in 2018, according to the report published last week by the Congressal Research Service. In the United States, TEMU, which belongs to PDD HOLDINGS Chinese, and Shein represents around 17% of the reduction market for rapid fashion, toys and other consumer goods, according to the report.
Alibaba d’Alibaba has also commonly used the commercial flaw. Neil Saunders, managing director of the GlobalData research firm, noted certain companies that sell via Shopify and other electronic commerce platforms, such as Etsy, also ships to consumers directly from China. Amazon does the same for a subset of products sold via Amazon Haul, a low-cost online display case that it launched last year to better compete with Shein and Temu, which depend more on Minmis.
Shein and Temu did not immediately comment on USPS policy changes. On his website, TEMU says that he is also working with private transport companies such as Fedex and UPS. Shein notes that customers can return their packages via Usps and Fedex.
In general, the United States has imported approximately $ 427 billion in China in 2023, the last year with full data, according to US Census Bureau. The consumer electronics, including mobile phones, computers and other technological accessories, are the largest import categories.
The writers of the Associated Press Haleluya Hadero in Charlotte, in North Carolina and Matt Ott, in Washington, contributed to this report
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