PostEurop and its Members are closely following the developments around the U.S. Executive Order “Suspending duty-free de minimis treatment for all countries” on postal goods shipped to the USA [1]. PostEurop members are working very hard on solutions to ensure that postal goods shipping to the USA can continue for both business and private customers, considering also the importance of guaranteeing the Universal Postal Service.
The new regulations, which follow a different approach from those provided globally by the Universal Postal Union, are set to take effect on 29 August 2025. This measure will significantly affect all postal companies worldwide and their customers sending shipments through postal networks to the United States Postal Service (USPS)[2]. Currently, low value goods and gifts can be imported into the USA duty-free from other countries due to a de minimis customs threshold of $800. However, the changes mean that on all goods imported into the USA duties should be paid to U.S. Customs, regardless of their country of origin.
Critical issues and processes, such as customs duties collection, the data to be collected, and the interaction with the U.S. Customs and Border Protection, are not yet clearly defined. Select technical details were only released on 15 August[3], leaving an extremely short timeframe to prepare.
At this time, if critical issues and processes are not defined and, thus, compliant solutions cannot be found before the regulations take effect on 29 August 2025, PostEurop Members, in alignment with the competent National Authorities, may be constrained to temporarily restrict or suspend the shipping of goods via the postal networks to the USA.
See also related announcements from postal operators updated daily.
- Suspensão dos envios para os EUA (CTT Portugal Post)
- (UPDATED 29.8, 28.8. AND 21.8.) The Trump administration’s decision is currently affecting transport of goods to U.S. (Posti)
- Information about changes due to customs regulations in the United States of America (Magyar Posta)
- Suspension of postal shipments of goods to the USA (CTT Portugal Post)
- Temporary suspension of shipments of good to the USA (Hellenic Post ELTA)
- Postal services to USA are temporarily suspended (Cyprus Post)
- Temporary suspension of the reception in the postal circuit of shipments containing cargo destined for the USA (Posta Moldovei)
- Post of Serbia temporarily suspends receipt of postal items for the USA (Post of Serbia)
- Temporary suspension of acceptance of shipments to the USA (Bulgarian Post)
- Acceptance of shipments to the USA will be temporarily suspended (Slovenská pošta)
- Temporary restriction on accepting goods shipments to the USA (Poczta Polska)
- United States: Temporary suspension of shipments (BH Posta Sarajevo)
- Temporary suspension of receipt of postal items for the United States of America (Poste Srpske Banja Luka)
- Correos temporarily suspends shipments of low-value packages to the United States and Puerto Rico (Correos)
- New U.S. customs regulations: Temporary restrictions on postal goods shipping to the U.S. for private and business customers (DHL Group)
- Temporary Suspension of Postal Services to the USA (Malta Post)
- All shipments to the US are temporarily suspended, with no exceptions (Lietuvos paštas)
- Temporary suspension of postal shipments to the USA from Liechenstein (Liechtensteinische Post)
- 250822 CP suspension colis vers USA 220825 version 14h45 (La Poste Groupe)
- New customs rules for shipments of goods to the United States from Italy (Poste Italiane)
- Temporary suspension of acceptance of goods shipments to the USA from Slovenia (Pošta Slovenije)
- Temporary suspension of selected shipments to the USA from Czechia (Česká pošta)
- Suspension of sending packages from Montenegro to the United States from August 21, 2025 (Montenegro Post)
- Österreichische Post USA Annahmestopp_210825 (Österreichische Post)
- Suspension of mail shipments to the US effective Saturday, August 23 (Posten Bring)
- La Poste Parcel shipments to the USA new Customs regulations (La Poste Groupe)
- PostNord is temporarily pausing certain goods to the United States and Puerto Rico (PostNord)
- bpost is temporarily pausing postal shipments to the United States (bpostgroup)
- Plans to halt the flow of small packages and parcels to the US (Latvia Pasts)
- Omniva Temporarily Suspends Parcel Deliveries to the USA (Omniva)
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Botond Szebeny
Secretary General
E: Botond.Szebeny@posteurop.org
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Cynthia Wee
Communications Manager
cynthia.wee@posteurop.org
+32 2 773 1192
[3] https://content.govdelivery.com/accounts/USDHSCBP/bulletins/3ee147f