On Wednesday, the daughter of the college age of Matthew Cannon continued her request from the DHL shipping company who requested a task and cost of $ 45.19 bound to her order from the Australian fashion seller I.AM.Gia. He wanted to know whether it was a fraud.
He had ordered a top $ 65 to be used for the celebration of Mardi Gras in New Orleans on Tuesday, and paid for shipping in a hurry so that the total order was $ 84.
DHL messages include cost details, including $ 26.88 for assignments and $ 17 for handling, and say it will mature within five days from the date of arrival of the package or goods will be returned to the sender.
Prices will rise for Americans who buy $ 5 shirts, $ 10 lamps and $ 20 shoes on direct shopping sites-from-China such as Shein and PDD meetings after US President Donald Trump this week imposed 10% of goods tariffs from China.
He also suddenly canceled the so-called De Minimis rules for Chinese goods, the liberation of customs in the low-value package from China with a goal that was declared to stop the flow of Fentanyl and the chemicals of precursors to the United States.
De Minimis, a legal term that refers to things that are not very important, explain the neglect of the US of the standard customs procedures and the rates of goods that are worth less than $ 800 sent to individuals from foreign countries.
American buyers must now pay duties for direct orders from direct value-from-China, including for merchandise that was on the way before the shift.
“This is the peak of $ 65 which he is almost unable to pay and now he has to pay $ 50 just to get it,” said Cannon, who is a Chief Revenue Officer at Reach, a company based in Calgary, which helps retailers in Europe, Australia and China sells to the United States.
Likewise, on Tuesday, Clint Reid received an email from DHL who said that the order $ 197 for 16 items including dresses, sweaters, and baby clothes from Shein would be returned to the sender if he did not pay $ 39.07 in five days after arrival .
The fee includes $ 20.76 in import duties, $ 1.31 in regulatory fees and $ 17 in task tax processing.
E-commerce companies like Shein, friends of PDD and Amzn Amazon.com’s haul service have breeds to take advantage of low-value duty-free shipping to US buyers.
On February 4, the sender or recipient must pay the duty for all Chinese and Hong Kong products below the $ 800 threshold, regardless of how they were transferred to the US
Shein, Temu and Amazon did not immediately respond to requests for comments.
Personal shipping companies and United States postal services provide millions of e-commerce packages that are now subject to import tax.
When the bill for the task that is owed starts to hit the queue of text messages and emails, the US buyer built in how the trade policy and Trump tariffs directly affect their lives and the wallet.
Buyers in Europe, Canada, and other markets with a much lower minimis threshold are familiar with paying duties at online purchases, Cannon said.
“No one in the US knows, they never experience it unless they buy something very expensive and usually if they buy something very expensive, retailers will include tasks,” Cannon said. “This will be a nightmare.”
DHL Express told Reuters that they had a series of standard costs and handling costs that apply to the Customs Permit process. This fee is an additional for government taxes and import duties. United Parcel Service increases the largest package delivery company in the world, said it also has a system and process to facilitate payment of duties. Fedex did not immediately comment.
While the seller scrambles to adapt, some people “eat the task in the short term,” said Bernie Hart, Vice President of Customs and Excise at Flexport, who offers customs, logistics, and services related to other goods.
In a message on its website, young people -oriented fashion sellers I.AM.Gia said US customers will be asked to pay for tasks through the shipping company. For orders carried out starting February 7, the task will be included in the price and partly balanced with “slight” adjustments for the price and threshold of shipping. That did not immediately respond to requests for comments.
Cider, fast fashion retailers who also send directly to US buyers from factories in China and elsewhere, have notifications on their websites that say shipments may be postponed “because of the time to clean up customs.” A spokesman did not immediately reply to Reuters’ questions about the delay.
Source: Reuters
