President Donald Trump on Friday reversed his decision to eliminate the “de minimis” loophole that allowed packages from China valued at under $800 to be processed without customs duties or ...

The world got a vivid picture of how this de minimis rule works back in February when President Donald Trump ended the exemption, quickly causing a backlog of packages that needed US recipients to ...

The de minimis exemption – which allowed packages worth less than US$800 to enter the US tariff-free – has played a big role in fuelling the success of Chinese e-commerce platforms such as ...

It’s been 11 days since President Donald Trump hit pause on an executive order suspending de ... minimis shipments continues to rise. In fiscal 2025 alone, CBP has processed 443 million packages ...

The new U.S. tariffs include an end to the “de minimis” rule—a loophole that exempts packages below $800 from being subject to tariffs—on imports from China. This means that packages from ...