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The American postal service said that it suspends the delivery of packages from China while the Chinese logistics groups announced new costs, while the steep decision of President Donald Trump to take prices from low -cost goods A struck exporters in the second world economy.
The American postal service has not given any reason for its decision to temporarily suspend the packages, which would also cover Hong Kong, only affirming that it would always accept plots and flat letters.
Customs agents must now check and erase the packages sent by post in China following Trump’s decision to delete the rules of “Minmis” exempting from $ 800 of the rights.
Changes will increase the cost of packages by 4 million per day when arriving in the United States under the exemption from minimis, of which around 30% come from Chinese Commerce groups Temu and Shein. With disrupted flights, new prices threaten to hit the international Chinese electronic commerce trade at a time when Beijing is based on exports to compensate for the low demand for its domestic economy.
Exporters said that Chinese logistics companies are still working, but that some have started to require 30% restraint to restraint to cover increased withdrawals from minimis shipments.
“Logistics companies. . . We have gradually given an opinion on the invoicing of 30 to 35% additional value of our goods to counter the prices, as well as an additional RMB20 ($ 2.75) per package, “said Liu, a merchant of electronic commerce Transfrontal worker in Changsha, in the Hunan Hunan province in China.
Liu said he had sold printed circuits on Amazon, Ebay and other sites, the United States representing 20% of its annual sales. “This [the tariff increase] comes directly from our pockets.
The Chinese Logistics Company CNE Express published a notice on Wednesday to customers saying that it would retain the equivalent of a “full rate” at 30% of the order value of a shipment more a management charge of RMB20 per package .
“The final amount deducted will be determined by the real costs imposed by customs and the protection of American borders,” he said, saying that any difference would be reimbursed to the customer.
The administration of Joe Biden last year reported changes to the minimis regime, which the United States blamefully allowed a flood of drugs and other illegal goods to enter the country, while Trump has threatened since long rates higher.
But the speed of the implementation by Trump of additional prices on China surprised a lot. The decree of the president authorizing additional coverage of 10% of the prices and the sidelining of Minmis were signed on Saturday and entered into force on Tuesday.
Not only will the plots qualify previously for Minmis will now have to pay 10%, but they will also be struck by existing rates.
Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping are expected to have a call in the coming days, although the US leader said on Tuesday that he was “without precipitation” to speak to his Chinese counterpart.
“What is necessary now are not unilateral prices are increasing, but dialogue,” the Chinese Foreign Ministry said on Wednesday.
Some exporters said they had ceased to receive and send orders while they were waiting for the clarity of changes.
A person familiar with the affair in TEMU said that he had mainly canceled her reservations for freight flights from Hong Kong from Friday.
“It created a little chaos. . . Because as we know, the de minimis is mainly dead at the moment and many airlines that actually go to the United States. . . have canceled the flights, ”said the person.
Gongsun, a seller of the Chinese province of Guangdong who sells via Amazon, said that DHL, UPS and Fedex still took packages, but he had suspended all expeditions to the United States anyway.
“We don’t know what’s going to come,” he said.
Gary Lau, director of commercial development at Freight Freight Frewer-Speed-Speed Air Cargo, according to Chinese exporters, Chinese exporters could resist tariff increases because their goods were much cheaper than those of other countries.
Wen Biao, director general of Qianhe technological logistics based in Shenzhen, said that Chinese sellers already had thin margins and would be forced to increase their selling prices.
“Customers [in the US] are likely to pay more in the future, “he said.
DHL said that he was working with customers and suppliers to “navigate” on changes to “limit the negative impact on American importers and consumers”. UPS and Fedex did not immediately respond to requests for comments.
Report from William Langley to Guangzhou, Chan Ho-Him in Hong Kong, Wenjie Ding, Tina Hu and Joe Leahy
