The nature of parcel shipping and ecommerce has changed. Years ago it wasn’t economically practical to order things directly from China and ship them to the U.

The nature of parcel shipping and ecommerce has changed. Years ago it wasn’t economically practical to order things directly from China and ship them to the U.S. Instead you’d fill up a container and send it to a U.S. distributor, and pay the tariff. The de mininimis exemption was to avoid hassle and overhead for small value transactions. Currently though temu and schein have a big advantage over Amazon and U.S. retailers because they completely avoid tariffs by shipping direct from China.