US President Donald Trump will close on April 9, according to the order of the door tariff liberation for small packages of China and Hong Kong. The policy, which entered into force on May 2, has completed the De Minis privilege for direct goods arriving from two Asian markets.
Now, according to the lost gap, goods less than $ 800 could enter the United States without obligations or customs declarations. Initially, the exception was to avoid costly bureaucracy instead of low -value shipments, but it became the back door of companies like Shein and Temu to flood the American market with cheap goods.
According to customs data, an estimated 4 million in the United States in the United States, many of the giants of Chinese e-commerce entered the United States.
De Minimis Max's term ends
The term “de minimis”, Latin for “about minimal things”, has been in the US Customs Act since 1938. It initially eliminated the inefficient and value of tax collection and the value of the value was sat for decades before rising to President Obama in 2016 to 800 dollars.
This unusually high threshold, compared to international standards, about $ 40 in Canada and $ 150 in the European Union, opened small lump doors.
Chinese retailers used the system by sending goods directly from production centers to American consumers, passing distribution centers and domestic tax obligationsTo. Shein, Temu and Alibaba Aliexpress sent everything from $ 2 from a blouse to $ 10 to gadgets at speeds and prices, which traditional US retailers worked hard.
American consumers searched for cheap products in Missa, which is tremendously intense border officials, overloaded airports and sending channels. The port authorities claimed that illegal drugs, including fentanyl, also reached the United States. Critics also claimed that some goods were related to imports of regions of human rights.
De minimis goods now stand in front of a 120% tariff
According to the executive order signed by Trump, de minimis shipments from China and Hong Kong are now either a steep 120% tariff or a fixed fee starting at $ 100. This fee will double on June 1 to $ 200.
Administration also plans to gradually out release For other nations, it is when the US Customs and Border Guard Agency was carried out systems to collect obligations for small packages.
The loss of the DE minimism tax does not prohibit purchases from platforms such as Shein or TEMU, although goods from Chinese platforms now have to clean and supplements that are forwarded to consumers.
According to the Bloomberg report On Friday, Temu has begun to add a premium to choose products and told customers that it will take longer delivery time, as shipments use slower sea -based logistics instead of air transport.
US and Chinese trade calls may begin
According to Reuters, Chinese officials may be open to the US for open negotiations on tariff issues. A spokesman for the Ministry of Commerce confirmed that American officials have recently reached several times to initiate discussions through various channels.
However, Beijing requires that all negotiations must begin with the removal of unilateral tariffs in the US because their existence is a “sign of bad faith”.
”If the US wants to talk, it should show its sincerity and be prepared to improve its wrong practices“Said a spokesman CNBC said in a statement on Friday.
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio notice Fox News' Dispersion Thursday that “the Chinese want to meet and talk.”
After the latest developments in the US dollar trading at 7.24275 against China against Yuan on Friday, a decrease of 0.03560 or 0.49% compared to the previous trading session.
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