Trade
Global de minimis suspension orderedApply the tariff schedule to the little packages too
Small parcels are losing their duty-free shortcut.
- Executive owner
- Donald J. Trump / Homeland Security / Customs and Border Protection
- Status
- Global de minimis suspension ordered
- Due
- August 29, 2025 effective date
- Paying for it
- Parcel importers, carriers and customers
Entered in the archive 2026-10-16.
ACTIVITY
Record dateCustoms expanded the parcel workflow.
Little Package, BIG Loophole!
Carriers requested a method for collecting duties on the small orders.
Everybody puts things in little Boxes, suddenly no Tariff, I know how much can fit in a Box..... close that Box-shaped Exception!
The inexpensive item now travels with a more expensive calculation.
De minimis, terrible little Name, we're doing MAXIMIS Checking.
PUBLIC RECORD
Executive Order 14324, signed July 30, 2025: Suspended duty-free de minimis treatment for covered low-value imports from all countries effective August 29, 2025, and established procedures for international postal shipments. The order included separate implementation and duty-calculation provisions.