CBP Won't Allow Retroactive de Minimis For Goods Entered After China Ban Lifted
CBP said it no longer will allow for retroactive treatment for products made in China and Hong Kong that came in after the administration's Feb. 5 executive order temporarily reinstating de minimis, according to a Federal Register notice. The order wasn't publicly announced until Feb. 7 (see 2502070052).
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"As of [Feb. 10], there will be no retroactive application of these changes for any shipments that would have otherwise qualified for de minimis treatment based on the February 5, 2025 Executive order 'Amendment to Duties Addressing the Synthetic Opioid Supply Chain in the People’s Republic of China,'" the notice said.
On Feb. 1, President Donald Trump ordered that CBP require that all low-value shipments containing Chinese goods pay duties and that international mail shipments from China and Hong Kong be required to make formal entry, beginning Feb. 4 (see 2502030034)
CBP said the ban on de minimis for Chinese and Hong Kong goods will be reinstated "upon notification by the Secretary of Commerce, in consultation with the Secretary of the Treasury, to the President that adequate systems are in place to fully and expediently process and collect tariff revenue" on such goods.