Washington, United States:
The US Postal Service (USPS) mentioned Tuesday it was briefly suspending inbound parcels from China and Hong Kong, shortly after President Donald Trump’s imposition of recent tariffs focusing on Beijing. The halt will happen “till additional discover,” and follows Trump’s order for an extra 10 % levy on Chinese language imports beginning Tuesday.
The order, unveiled over the weekend, additionally eradicated a duty-free exemption for low worth packages.
The “de minimis” exemption permits items valued at $800 or beneath to come back into the USA with out paying duties or sure taxes.
Nevertheless it has confronted scrutiny on account of a surge in shipments claiming the exemption lately.
US officers pointed to the expansion of Chinese language-founded on-line retailers Shein and Temu as a key issue behind this improve — and Tuesday’s halt might delay parcels from each corporations from coming into the nation.
Washington has been trying to tighten the rule, saying the expansion in shipments makes it more durable to display items for safety dangers.
Nevertheless, the USPS gave no cause for its pause on Tuesday.
Different retailers like Amazon may additionally be impacted.
(Apart from the headline, this story has not been edited by NDTV employees and is printed from a syndicated feed.)