A vulnerability free from customs duties is closed. What does that mean to you – and your packages

You want to buy Something online and shipped in the United States? Well, prepare to pay more for this concession. Starting on Friday, the small packages that were imported to the country will be subjected to a duty.

the Trump The administration imposes a new tax on all packages coming to the country – which does not accept value – on August 29. This is the latest batch in President Trump World Trade War.

The new policy is the result of Executive order It was released in July, which officially suspended the exemption of the import of De Minimis to all countries. Previously, this exemption allowed shipments worth $ 800 to enter the country without subjecting fees. The change means that any seller’s shipping packages in the United States will be imposed on it even if the value is less than $ 800.

The amount of import fees varies depending on tariff The average of the Trump administration was imposed on the country of the shipment of the shipment. These fees can range from 10 to 50 percent of the value of the element. During the next six months, trucks can also choose to pay a fixed fee instead of the new value -based duty, and these fees will be between $ 80 and $ 200 for shipping.

Many people are afraid of this. Postal services in Europeand MexicoAnd JapanAlong with companies like companies DHL They said they would hang shipments to the United States. Independent sellers feel platforms such as ETSY with concern that the additional costs will make them more enthusiastic to charge their custom goods. Like a tariff tariff earlier this year, this step caused more chaos for traders and supply chains, as sellers think about the advanced amount.

“It is clear that there is a kind of balanced work between not trying to raise prices quickly to avoid shocking consumers,” says Juozas Kaziukėnas, a technology -focused technology analyst like TEMU and Shein. “There is no way to get around.”

gift

If you don’t sell anything and just want to send a package across the country lines, you can still announce the element as a gift. If you use a service like Royal Mail in the UK, the package will avoid new costs if you classify it as a gift and declare the value of less than $ 100.

Announcing something is not exactly a profitable strategy for ETSY, although it will be seen as an attempt to get rid of the increasing cost.

Kaziukėnas says: “Avoid customs tariffs is likely one of the priorities of the Ministry of Justice now,” says Kaziukėnas. “It is not something you want to tamper with.”

Beware of the sellers

While there was a lot of terror about the definitions this year, Kaziukėnas says that most chaos and disorders were felt by sellers. The new fees are also possible to reach more difficult independent sellers, because smaller sales sizes make it difficult for them to absorb additional costs.

“The things that you will buy on EBY, the things you will buy on ETSY, random things from Japan or random things from a place in Portugal, those that have now been uniquely exposed to this change.” Kaziukėnas says.