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Postal traffic to US sank 80% after low-value parcels exemption ended
- jleyank 1y agoI suspect they’re pleased with that result…
- stevage 1y agoPretty extraordinary. You just never see an 80% drop of anything globally in a week.
- mensetmanusman 1y agoAwesome, this was a huge scam for taxpayers to subsidize.
- churchill 1y agoHow is letting people buy stuff from other countries a scam/subsidy? Do words have no meaning to your cohort anymore?
- 486sx33 1y ago[dead]
- mensetmanusman 1y agoPeople were able to buy stuff from China with lower shipping costs than ordering something from across the street. Many organizations studied this loophole. Keep up :)
- jleyank 1y agoSmall businesses such as crafters and the like relied on this to ship from Canada or Europe to the us. Now, folks will have to prepay the tariffs when making their purchase assuming the small business are still alive. This will noticeably raise the cost borne by us-Ian’s.
- neuralkoi 1y agoI am genuinely curious how this was working as a subsidy. My understanding is that now parcels valued at $800 or less are no longer exempt from tariffs, but it doesn't say anything about shipping costs subsidies. Surely those shipping costs will remain the same? I know the article shows some pictures of USPS trucks, but is USPS the primary delivery service in other countries? I also believe the USPS does not receive tax dollars to support its operations. Also, if you now go buy something across the street, wont it also be at a higher price since they are likely also shipping it in from abroad?
- 01HNNWZ0MV43FF 1y ago
- esbranson 1y agoThe EU treats UPU ITMATT (CN 22/23) data as both advance security and the legal customs declaration, whereas the US treats it as postal AED for targeting only and requires a separate ACE customs entry with HTSUS-10, importer ID, and invoice details for clearance and liability. The US STOP Act is the proximate cause. Washington's framing is that de minimis had become a loophole for tariff evasion and fentanyl imports. Express carriers (FedEx, UPS, DHL, etc.) were already compliant and unaffected. This article is about the UPU network (read: USPS, national carriers) parcels carrying goods, not ordinary letters or documents. The UPU is building new duty-collection modules and working with CBP to certify intermediaries. Once those pipelines exist, traffic volumes will rise again, but under a much heavier compliance burden. Chat G knows what's up, it helped me understand.
- esbranson 1y agoUPU Delivered Duty Paid (DDP) is the new duty-collection module.[1][2] [1] https://www.upu.int/DDP https://www.upu.int/DDP [2] https://www.upu.int/en/postal-solutions/technical-solutions/products/faq-impact-of-recent-us-customs-regulation-changes-on-international-postal-services https://www.upu.int/en/postal-solutions/technical-solutions/...