The Czech Republic’s postal service will suspend US goods shipments until further notice starting Thursday, according to its website. Austria’s post provider will no longer accept packages bound for the US after Aug 25, citing the changes to US customs rules.
Postal services across the world are cutting off parcel deliveries to the US as the fast-approaching end of a tariff exception for low-value packages sows chaos in global shipping.
As of Aug 29, President Donald Trump is ending the so-called de minimis exemption that has applied to more than 4 million parcels processed by US Customs and Border Protection each day. In response, a growing number of national mail services plan to temporarily suspend service to the US as soon as this week, citing a lack of clarity from American authorities on how the duties will be collected and how to submit required data.
