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this isn't true, tariffs are assessed within the US by the receiving firm, not on the sender's side. We run a business with a foreign supply chain and our suppl
by songqin 1y ago
this isn't true, tariffs are assessed within the US by the receiving firm, not on the sender's side. We run a business with a foreign supply chain and our suppliers have changed nothing, we just get an extra bill to pay to the government when our inventory arrives.
- mallets 1y agoIt's more the public postal services with very cheap international shipping, they typically can't or won't handle import customs/tariffs and operate under the assumption that the packages aren't valuable enough. Many of them don't even have tracking.
- Gigachad 1y agohttps://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-08-26/australia-post-commercial-shipping-suspension-us-tariffs/105696336 https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-08-26/australia-post-commer... >"Specifically, the requirement for duties and taxes to be prepaid on all shipments prior to their arrival in the US,"
- cbcoutinho 1y agoThis is related to the removal of 'de minimis' rule that exempts parcels under $800 to ship duty free. This has caused some European postal services to stop/delay shipping some packages to the US [0]. The Dutch postal service for instance has stopped shipping to the US [1] [0]: https://apnews.com/article/us-tariffs-goods-services-suspension-85c7b36b9e92c0e640dfe2ac418cd907 https://apnews.com/article/us-tariffs-goods-services-suspens... [1]: https://www.postnl.nl/campagnes/online-frankeren-vs/ https://www.postnl.nl/campagnes/online-frankeren-vs/