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According to the new executive decree, the government has decided to triple tariffs on cheap Chinese products, permanently excluding the possibility of reaching tax free in the hands of US consumers.
To date, parcels worth less than $ 800 were excluded from additional duties through the so -called “de minimis” regulation. This has allowed international retailers such as Temu and Shein to sell extremely cheap products to US consumers, pushing the local market.
Duty war with China
Trump signed an executive decree last week that puts an end to this exception for parcels from China, with power on May 2. Although his government had initially frozen the regulation at the beginning of his second term, he then temporarily restored it while the Ministry of Commerce was going to be a plan to collect duties.
The ministry now states that it has sufficient mechanisms to impose and collect duties even in low value imports.
The duties will be imposed on all parcels below $ 800 sent by China outside the international postal system. For those parcels by mail, the original plan envisioned $ 30% of value or $ 25 per piece (which would increase to 50 after June 1, 2025).
However, on Tuesday, the White House announced triple these amounts: duties now reach 90% of value or $ 75 per item (which will increase to 150 after June 1). The government cited the retaliation of duties imposed by China.
