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In It to Win It

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Fri Aug 29, 2025, 02:09 AM Friday

Mexico Suspends Package Deliveries to US, Prepares to Raise Tariffs on China

Mexico has become the latest country to suspend shipments to the United States market as the de minimis provision winds down this week.

Correos de México, the country’s postal service, follows in the freshly trodden footsteps of European carriers like Germany’s Deutsche Post and DHL Parcel Germany, U.K.-based postal service Royal Mail, Norwegian postal group Posten Bring, Swedish-Danish group PostNord, Belgium’s Bpost and Austrian Post, which announced they were suspending service to the U.S. last week.

Japan and Australia, too, have announced that their postal carriers will halt shipments of parcels worth $800 or less, which have historically been able to enter the U.S. duty-free under de minimis.

In a statement Wednesday, Mexico’s government espoused hopes that the decision to stop service will not be permanent, and that ongoing negotiations with the U.S. will yield a fruitful outcome for the shippers and importers of small, low-value packages on either side of the border.

https://www.yahoo.com/finance/news/mexico-suspends-package-deliveries-us-203030423.html
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Mexico Suspends Package Deliveries to US, Prepares to Raise Tariffs on China (Original Post) In It to Win It Friday OP
Expecting a renaissance of smuggling across the Mexican border and it no_hypocrisy Friday #1
Tariffs on small-value packages go into effect as loophole ends LetMyPeopleVote Friday #2

LetMyPeopleVote

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2. Tariffs on small-value packages go into effect as loophole ends
Fri Aug 29, 2025, 03:15 PM
Friday

The small value tariff exemption is ending and now many countries are cutting off shipments/mail deliveries to the US



https://abcnews.go.com/Business/tariffs-small-packages-effect-loophole-ends-midnight/story

A shipping loophole exempting small-value packages from tariffs ended at 12:01 a.m. Friday, meaning that packages shipped into the U.S. under $800 are now subject to additional taxes.

Earlier this year, President Donald Trump ended the loophole for small-value packages shipped from China and Hong Kong.

Senior White House officials hailed the move in a call with reporters Thursday, saying that it was a crucial step in Trump's efforts to rebalance trade and also will help crack down on the importation of illegal goods, including fentanyl.
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