LOS ANGELES, Feb 5 — The US Postal Service said it would temporarily suspend parcels from China and Hong Kong, after President Donald Trump ended a trade provision this week used...
USPS did not immediately comment on whether this was tied to U.S. President Donald Trump’s change to ending ‘de minimis’ shipments from China and other countries. — File pic via Reutersas a first-time user .
Reuters reported previously that Chinese suppliers use the duty-free provision to export chemical materials for fentanyl by disguising them as gadgets and other low-cost goods. “This is a significant challenge for them because there were 4 million de minimis packages per day in 2024, and it is difficult to check all the packages - so it will take time.”
Some other international couriers including FedEx and SF Express, China’s largest express delivery company, said they continue to send packages to the US. Amazon also has a large seller base in China, with e-commerce consultancy Marketplace Pulse estimating in February that China-based sellers represent nearly half of the top 10,000 sellers on Amazon in the US Amazon did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
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