Tag: De Minimis
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Customs and Border Protection opened its Entry Type 13 pilot this week, putting an electronic informal entry pathway under the international postal stream for the first time and giving low-value shipments carrying Section 232 and Section 301 duties a route that does not run through formal entry. WASHINGTON, September 24, 2026 The single largest unresolved…
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With six weeks to the 1 November deadline, the European Union has still not set the level of its new handling charge on low-value parcels, leaving cross-border sellers to plan a cost they cannot yet quantify BRUSSELS, 18 September 2026. The European Union’s assault on the low-value parcel is entering its decisive phase, and the…
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Brasilia rewrites its tariff schedule on two fronts at once: a midnight deadline decides whether the 20 percent tax on small e-commerce parcels returns, while Gecex retools duties on hundreds of capital goods and opens a new anti-dumping front against China BRASILIA, September 8, 2026 Brazil’s trade policy reached an unusually consequential crossroads this week,…
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Federal trade court upholds the president’s elimination of the $800 de minimis exemption, cementing duties on billions of low-value parcels and handing the White House a rare win on emergency tariff powers WASHINGTON, August 17, 2026 — The era of duty-free small parcels is not coming back. In a decision handed down August 13 and…
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The Court of International Trade rules that IEEPA authorized the president to rescind the $800 duty-free threshold, drawing a line between eliminating an exemption and imposing a tariff, and closing the last realistic path to reviving the loophole NEW YORK, August 16, 2026. A three-judge panel of the United States Court of International Trade has…
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The Court of International Trade rejects Detroit Axle’s challenge and upholds presidential authority to rescind the 800 dollar duty free threshold, closing the last realistic path to revival NEW YORK, Aug. 15, 2026. A three judge panel of the United States Court of International Trade ruled Thursday that President Donald J. Trump lawfully rescinded the…
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The emirate more than triples its duty-free ceiling for cross-border e-commerce parcels to AED 1,000, a liberalizing outlier in a year when Washington, Brussels and much of the world slammed the small-parcel door shut DUBAI, Aug. 3, 2026. Dubai opened the week by making its border cheaper to cross, at the precise moment much of…
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Three weeks into the 3 euro duty on small parcels, Brussels is squeezing the Shein and Temu pipeline while racing an October deadline to rebalance the wider China trade relationship International Trade Desk, Peacock Tariff Consulting | July 21, 2026 BRUSSELS, July 21, 2026: The most consequential customs change Europe has made in a generation…
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China’s trade surplus with the European Union hits an all-time high just as Brussels switches on its toughest trade defences in a generation, with duties on Chinese plug-in hybrids waiting in the wings. BRUSSELS, July 20, 2026. The uncomfortable arithmetic of Europe’s trade relationship with China caught up with Brussels this month. China’s trade surplus…
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Europe’s flat €3 charge on low-value imports took effect July 1, closing a two-decade duty-free loophole and forcing Shein, Temu and AliExpress to rewire how China ships to the continent International Trade Desk | Peacock Tariff Consulting BRUSSELS – July 2, 2026 – The European Union has begun collecting customs duty on the billions of…