US Postal Service suspends incoming parcels from China and Hong Kong

[ForgoTheConsequence]

Source: CNN

The US Postal Service says it has suspended the acceptance of incoming international parcels from China and Hong Kong until further notice, threatening the business models of e-commerce giants Shein and Temu.

It did not provide a reason for the suspension, but said in a statement Tuesday the flow of letters will not be affected. The Postal Service did not provide any additional information on the suspension when contacted by CNN.

The announcement comes just days after US President Donald Trump signed an executive order that terminated the “de minimis” exemption, a long-standing rule that allowed anyone, including exporters, to ship packages worth less than $800 to the United States without duties or needing to undergo inspections.

Read more: https://www.cnn.com/2025/02/04/business/us-postal-service-suspends-parcels-china-intl-hnk/index.html#openweb-convo

[speak easy]

1. Good.

Tack the price of an inspection onto each parcel. Ain't gonna cheap.

[Klarkashton]

2. Oh that will help being down the price of groceries.

[intrepidity]

3. Land of the free nt

[live love laugh]

4. Lots of small businesses depend on this.

[MrWowWow]

5. Wut About My TeMoooo 💩💩💩?

I had some 💩 from Temooo coming. Now what? Oh well...It was only about $10 worth of useless 💩. I uninstalled the Temoooo application after that last order. Temooo is a 💩 company selling some really bad and useless 💩💩💩💩💩

[Polybius]

6. What does this mean?

I ordered from AliExpress on Sunday. Will my package not arrive now?

[angrychair]

7. This is unconstitutional

The Commerce Clause, Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 of the United States Constitution, gives Congress the power to regulate commerce between states, with foreign nations, and with Indian tribes.

Impacted companies and consumers need to sue immediately.

[Think. Again.]

10. ⬆⬆⬆THIS⬆⬆⬆

[Bernardo de La Paz]

13. Might be. Though this is a beef with international postal regulations that give China favorable rates

The rates were intended to help "developing" nations, which once described China. Now China leans on it heavily and it costs the USPS because what they get from China per package doesn't pay for transit inside the US.

[Oopsie Daisy]

16. Yes. Chinese merchants on eBay can ship an item at a discounted "e-packet" postal rate *

* that is cheaper than a US seller should ship the same item across-town.

[angrychair]

8. How does this impact private shippers?

Like UPS and FedEx and DHL? Are they allowed to ship stuff?

[EastBayGuy]

9. This will likely hurt Amazon. I won't shed tears over that.

[Think. Again.]

11. The postal service can dictate what we buy now?

[Bernardo de La Paz]

14. No. . . . nt

[Think. Again.]

15. oh, so If I buy something from China you'll tell dejoy to let it through?

[Bernardo de La Paz]

18. No. This is not equivalent in any way to your first statement but it is just as incorrect. . . . nt

[txwhitedove]

12. I started ordering from Temu when i found

the exact same items as on Amazon but half the price, and great delivery without all the boxes. Drat.

[Oopsie Daisy]

17. The cost of shipping from China was being subsidized by the US Postal Service.

The sweetheart-deal given to China Post for their "e-packets" was even cheaper than it would cost a US merchant to send the same size package within the same state.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

19. The USPS dropped this stupid idea

Link to tweet

[MichMan]

21. So, the USPS is going to continue shipping packages that lose them money ?

Great. The stupid idea is charging someone less to ship than it actually costs.

[Captain Zero]

20. I just ordered a T-shirt that's coming from

Hanoi, Vietnam.
So we will see what happens with that.

[MichMan]

22. Why would Vietnam have anything to do with a ban on China and Hong Kong?