On April 2nd there was an executive order from the USA administration to increase the tariffs on all countries globally which came into effect on April 5th, 2025, at 12:01am EDT. Currently, the Duty free de-minimis remains, except for China and Hong Kong, which will removed as of May 2nd 2025.
This is a very fluid situation with further Executive Orders (EO14256 & EO14257) from the USA on April 8th & 9th on De Minimis tariffs on goods with origin China/HK.
The list of reciprocal Tariffs published 2nd April has been reduced to 10% for all countries except for China and Hong Kong for a period of 90 days.
- All relevant postal items containing goods that are sent through the international postal network that are valued at, or under $800 and that would otherwise qualify for the de minimis exemption are subject to:
- a duty rate of either 90% of their value;
- or $75 per item effective May 2, 2025, increasing to $150 per item after June 1, 2025
- Goods not eligible for the above (Imported goods sent through means other than the international postal network) De Minimis tariffs will have 125% duty (adapted as of 9th April from a new executive order, previously it was 104%) and is effective immediately. This only affects eCommerce goods as of 2nd May when the De Minimis tariff to the US for goods with origin CN & HK ends.
If you would like to discuss this further and how it affects your shipments, please contact your Account Manager.
