Impact of new US tariffs on sales - de minimis threshold?

[Olaf2]

Hi,

I am honestly quite surprised I couldn't find a thread on this, but unless you have lived in a cage, you will have heard that Donald Trump imposed massive new tariffs on goods exported to the US.

However, previously all goods valued under USD 800 were exempted from import duties - this is called de minimis threshold.

I tried to Google for some answers, but the only thing I could find is that goods coming from China are now banned from using de minimis threshold (allegedly to combat Temu & Shein), meaning all Chinese exports to US are affected by the new tariffs.

But what about other countries? Is de minimis threshold still alive? Does that mean goods below USD 800 from other countries are still unaffected by these tariffs (for now)?

Thanks!

Olaf

[SamiPA · Accepted solution]

For the moment it appears to be targeted just against China. As someone who operates from Australia, with a Chinese 3PL (as many of our products are only produced in China) and I ship worldwide, this is devastating. Still trying to work out how to get my Shopify store to accurately pass on the Tariffs.

[Olaf2]

Good luck out there man!