MEXICO CITY — Mexico stated Wednesday its postal service was suspending package deal shipments to the US forward of an finish to the exemption on tariff duties for low-value packages by the Trump administration.
The announcement follows comparable strikes by postal companies from the European Union and several other different international locations to pause transport as they await extra readability on the U.S. measure. It additionally comes amid months-long negotiations between the Mexican authorities and the Trump administration to keep away from wider tariffs.
The exemption — often known as the “ de minimis” exemption, which permits packages price lower than $800 to return into the U.S. obligation free — is ending on Friday. A complete of 1.36 billion packages had been despatched in 2024 beneath this exemption, for items price $64.6 billion, in response to knowledge from U.S. Customs and Border Safety.
Mexico’s authorities stated its postal service, Correos de Mexico, will briefly droop package deal deliveries to the U.S., beginning Wednesday.
“Mexico continues its dialogue with U.S. authorities and worldwide postal organizations to outline mechanisms that may enable for the orderly resumption of companies, offering certainty to customers and avoiding setbacks within the supply of products,” the assertion learn.
With the announcement, Mexico joins a number of European and different international locations, together with Australia and Japan, in suspending the shipments to the U.S. amid confusion over new import duties.
Mexico has tried to barter with U.S. President Donald Trump to keep away from elevated tariffs by taking extra aggressive safety measures towards the nation’s drug cartels and sending dozens of imprisoned cartel figures to the U.S. for prosecution.
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