As Trump moves to tax small parcels, some retailers give up on US

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Written by Helen Reed

LONDON (Reuters) -With the end of the US tariff for small parcels on Friday, some retailers stopped selling to customers in the United States while others are looking for temporary solutions in the hope of reducing the tariff rate.

The removal of “De Minimis” – the transactor from the customs duties of e -commerce packages of less than $ 800 – for products that arise from China and Hong Kong exposed these goods to 145 % on most Chinese goods after US president Donald Trump’s decision last month. The move led to global trade and the effects of revenge from Beijing.

The company said in a notice on Wednesday that British Products Protects Space NK has stopped e -commerce and shipping orders to the United States “to avoid incorrect or additional costs that are applied to our customers’ orders.

It is not alone. Instagram, a company based in Vancouver that sells bras and underwear in China, told the Instagram publication that it no longer ships to the United States because of the definitions, saying it would resume as soon as there is clarity.

“We move from zero to 145 %, something that cannot be truly defended for companies and cannot be defended to customers,” said Sendi Allen, CEO of Trade Force Multiplier, a global trade consultant company.

“I have seen many small to medium companies just choose to get out of the market completely,” she added.

High prices in high prices

Players are ready to continue to reach the United States market to raise their price signs.

Managing director Mike Brani said that OH Polly, British retail dealers, has increased prices in the United States by 20 % compared to its other markets, and may have to consider the increase in prices due to the high customs tariff.

Shen, the rapid giant in Singapore, sought to reassure customers in a post on her American Instagram account on Thursday: “Some products may be priced differently from before, but most of our groups are still affordable to everyone as they were always.” Shen sells the mostly manufactured clothes in China, and the United States is its largest market.

TEMU, the international arm of the Chinese e -commens, has appeared prominently in the products already in the American warehouses on its website, called “local”, and pop -up customers, there will be no import fees for local warehouse elements.

“All sales in the United States are now being dealt with by local sellers, with the implementation of requests from within the country,” Timo said in a statement, adding that its prices for its customers in the United States are “still unchanged.”

But the imported items before the change of May 2 will be implemented in the end. SHEIN and TEMU have cut digital advertising spending in the United States in the past weeks because they are ready for a change that is likely to reach their sales.

Shin did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

“E -commerce companies have really been really good for a long time, and this is a seismic transformation on how trade works,” said Hugo Bacola, customs expert and chief executive of the trade automation platform. “If your stock is not already in the United States, the sale to the United States will harm.”

De Minimis was initially introduced to smooth international trade, but it has become a target of criticism from the two parties because of its role in facilitating the smuggling of the components of fentanel from China and nourishing an increase in cheap clothes imports, games and furniture made in China through online platforms such as Temu, Shein and Amazon.

De mimimimines was also a fake commodity channel. In 2024, De Minimis shipments of 97 % of goods seizures related to violation of intellectual property made by customs and border protection.

Without the minimum, sellers of goods made in China must provide American customs with more detailed information about the place where each of its products is made, which is an increased administrative burden, along with the cost of huge tariff, bending young retailers.

Carol Tommy, CEO of UPS on Tuesday, said that many small to medium -sized business customers of the connection company are 100 % of their goods from China, the CEO of UPS said on Tuesday.

The United States on the Internet said in a notice of sellers earlier this month that it was easy for them to clarify the country of origin for their products, as the customs tariff is applied based on the place where good is made instead of sending it.

Although it is exposed to e -commerce, the end of the minimum treatment of Chinese goods can give a batch of fewer retailers depending on e -commerce or Chinese manufacturing.

The British PRIMARK Fashion Company, which sells clothes to US customers only through its stores all over the country, not online, said it may benefit from change.

“As prices increase in this part of trade, I wonder whether some Americans may start returning to shopping centers to find value there,” said Reuters, CEO of Britain, Reuters, said on Tuesday.

(Helen Reed’s reports participated in additional reports by Amy Tenry, Lisa Peritin, James Devi; edited by Lisa Goka, Anna Driver and Emilia Citol-Matis)

2025-05-02 05:09:00

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