The Coalition to Close the De Minimis Loophole, representing a broad range of American voices and organizations—including the National Council of Textile Organizations (NCTO)—sent a letter to ...

Shein and Temu's sales slowed in the weeks after President Donald Trump announced tariffs and said he'd close the de minimis loophole, February data from Earnest Analytics showed. Shein seemed to ...

As tariffs are hitting retailers and forcing some to raise their prices, both companies are still able to use the de minimis exemption after the Trump administration temporarily paused its plan to ...

Few of the factory owners in this ramshackle part of Guangzhou in southern China have any idea what the “de minimis exemption” is or how it affects the level of tariffs their products face ...

A US coalition claims the de minimis rule is being manipulated by corporations and retailers to import counterfeit apparel and other goods into the US duty-free. Credit: zmotions/Shutterstock. The ...

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 Shein ...

While some argue that de minimis benefits foreign e-commerce platforms at the expense of U.S. companies, others contend that it provides opportunities for U.S. entrepreneurs and that market forces ...

David Taylor, Director of Operations at Mark 3 International, says the end to US de minimis exemptions for China could cause far greater disruption than any tariff hikes. De minimis thresholds are set ...

Critics argue de minimis benefits Temu at Amazon’s expense, but Amazon itself does little to support U.S. manufacturers.

These include confining e-commerce trade to pilot zones, placing annual de minimis cap per importer and per exporter, limiting de minimis benefits to products provided in a catalogue, restricting ...