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They are at time.com/newsletters and are separate from a paid subscription. ## Video: Why Shippers Around the World Are Suspending Deliveries to the U.S. [Watch (HLS stream): Why Shippers Around the World Are Suspending Deliveries to the U.S.](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/N2YoXGB1.m3u8) (3:49)  _Published 2025-08-27. Shippers around the world have begun pausing some deliveries to the U.S. as a customs tax exemption for low-value goods will come to an end this Friday. President Donald Trump issued a July 30 executive order to close the de minimis exemption, a customs tax rule that has allowed millions of cheap shipments everyday to flow into the U.S., for all countries, effective Aug. 29, as part of his broader protectionist trade campaign._ --- Aug 27, 2025 8:39 PM UTC --- ## More From This Series [All Videos](https://time.com/video/) [World Food Programme Halts Deliveries to Northern Gaza Amid Unsafe Conditions](/video/c8fcnalV/) ### World Food Programme Halts Deliveries to Northern Gaza Amid Unsafe Conditions [World Food Programme Asks for Safe Passage So It Can Deliver Food Supplies to Gaza](/video/pRWCSJ1n/) ### World Food Programme Asks for Safe Passage So It Can Deliver Food Supplies to Gaza [Hong Kong Activist Joshua Wong Says He Is Running for Local Office](/video/aMPASc0S/) ### Hong Kong Activist Joshua Wong Says He Is Running for Local Office --- ## Transcript We still have some unclarities due to the executive order coming from the US. And regarding the postal shipment of goods from one country into the US, for example. Regarding the data exchange and the customs regulation, and unless we have clarity in this questions and these questions, we will have to suspend the shipment of goods via the postal networks from Germany into the US. There is not a big impact for our private customers who want to ship goods from Germany to the US, because the shipment of goods until 100 USD or €85 is still possible if it's declared as gift. And for our business customers, we have a shipment alternative and that is DHL express. The change of this rule is not a big surprise, but the time frame is very challenging for us because the new regulation comes into place from August 29th and we don't have enough time. So not only us, but all postal providers don't have enough time to guarantee a safe and legal shipment of goods to the US. I think it is important to underline that all our members who have even announced the actual suspension of the traffic, it is close to 20 members so far and more may come in the next days. They all talk about temporary suspension. So the idea is to return to this new normal as soon as possible. Nevertheless, the development, the testing and implementation of the new solutions which comply with the new requirements takes time. A group of our customers are the SMEs or certain customers who who send, uh, items with higher value to the United States. But we do think that It definitely has an impact on the commerce between the two continents. Uh. Aux États-Unis ont changé depuis une décision de Donald Trump, sur notamment les textes de loin. ET donc, depuis, les clients NE peuvent pas de Calais a destination des États-Unis et le contenu NE pas en valeur euro américaine et soit destination particuliere et. Maintenant, les clients qui a destination des États-Unis pourront plus le faire depuis les automates mais uniquement oublié par les accompagnées et qui n'est pas sur tous les clients de cette nouvelle décision et donc la satisfaction, c'est la priorité directement. ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Why Shippers Around the World Are Suspending Deliveries to the U.S.","description":"Shippers around the world have begun pausing some deliveries to the U.S. as a customs tax exemption for low-value goods will come to an end this Friday.\n\nPresident Donald Trump issued a July 30 executive order to close the de minimis exemption, a customs tax rule that has allowed millions of cheap shipments everyday to flow into the U.S., for all countries, effective Aug. 29, as part of his broader protectionist trade campaign. \n\n","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/N2YoXGB1/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2025-08-27T18:05:13.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/N2YoXGB1.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/video/N2YoXGB1/","duration":"PT3M49S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/video/N2YoXGB1/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}} ```