US to Impose Duties on All Low-Cost Shipments Under Trump Order

The move expands on a policy previously targeting low-value imports from China.

A post office worker delivers mail to a community in San Diego, Calif., on Oct. 1, 2021. Jane Yang/The Epoch Times

The United States is ending its de minimis exemption globally, extending a recent policy that previously targeted low-value imports from China and Hong Kong.

President Donald Trump on July 30 signed an executive order suspending the duty-free treatment of low-value commercial shipments from all countries into the United States. The order effectively ends the global application of the longstanding de minimis trade exemption.