• A new rule proposal from the Biden administration would prohibit products that are subject to U.S.-China tariffs from being eligible for a special customs exemption.

  • The de minimis loophole allows packages with a value of less than $800 to enter the United States with relatively little scrutiny.

  • Officials say a recent explosion in the number of de minimis shipments is due largely to Chinese-linked online retail giants like Shein and Temu.

  • bobs_monkey@lemm.ee
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    3 months ago

    You’d think that the customs rule would be an aggregate value from one shipper, and that it couldn’t be circumvented by dicing them up into smaller parcels.