The United States has decided to suspend the arrival of packages from China and Hong Kong “until new notice.” This measure arrives in full commercial battle and in which Donald Trump signed an executive order by imposing tariffs.
Also put an end to called exemption ‘of minimis’ that allowed anyone to send packages with a value of less than $ 800 without paying tariffs or going through inspections.
The measure will affect two of the large electronic commerce companies: Shein and Temu. Both took advantage of exemptions to assemble their businesses. As different agencies collect, Shein invoiced at 2023 36.5 billion dollars.
Is my package in danger?
With shipments suspended in the United States, what about those who have to get to Spain or European Union countries? Many consumers have risen with the news and wonder about their orders.
For now, normality is maintained So the packages that had to arrive in the next few days to their recipients will continue to do so predictably.
What is the future in the EU?
The question at this time is What will happen in the future. And that is where packages are clouded. Until now, in the European Union imports lower than 150 euros enjoy a tax exemption. As has happened in the North American country, companies such as Shein and Temu They have grown very fast.
On Wednesday the European Commission has also been headed against the ‘Shein model’ and has proposed that the tariff exemption be eliminated. It also seeks, through a legislative package for customs regulation, introducing a new tax for low value packages or harden controls of entry of these products.
This situation has a goal of avoiding desire practices, which do not fail to comply with the regulations and even security criteria. In 2024 they entered the EU 4.6 billion low value packages.
It is not the first time that the European Union raises a legislative change in this regard. As Europa Press collects, from the spring of 2024 Shein and Temu are on the list of the larger online platforms that must under protect consumers.
Even with everything, in the absence of the package precisely, it seems that the measures proposed by the EU They are not aimed at suspending shipments but to harden the controls and eliminate rates exemption.
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