USPS Pauses, Then Quickly Resumes, Processing of Mail, Packages From China
The U.S. Postal Service suspended international inbound mail and packages from China and Hong Kong on Feb. 4 -- and then subsequently removed that suspension hours later.
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USPS said it would be working "closely together" with CBP "to implement an efficient collection mechanism for the new China tariffs to ensure the least disruption to package delivery."
The postal service's challenges may involve finding ways to comply with President Donald Trump's new executive order preventing goods made in China from being filed under de minimis, which requires formal entry for postal packages (see 2502030034).
"With millions of packages coming in via postal, it’s an impossible task for the USPS to contact each of the importers to ask them to make a formal entry of the goods," Trade Force Multiplier CEO and consultant Cindy Allen said in a LinkedIn post.