{"id":61942,"date":"2025-02-05T06:30:28","date_gmt":"2025-02-05T10:30:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=61942"},"modified":"2025-02-05T20:17:23","modified_gmt":"2025-02-06T00:17:23","slug":"usps-suspends-parcel-shipments-from-china-and-hong-kong-amid-new-tariffs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2025\/02\/usps-suspends-parcel-shipments-from-china-and-hong-kong-amid-new-tariffs\/","title":{"rendered":"USPS Temporarily Suspends Parcel Shipments from China and Hong Kong Amid New Tariffs"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>UPDATE: The USPS has reversed this decision<\/a> and parcel delivery has been resumed.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Many thanks to SWLing Post<\/em> contributor Eric, who notes that if you live in the US and have incoming packages from China or Hong Kong, you may experience delays. Here’s the story from the BBC<\/a>:<\/strong><\/p>\n

US Postal Service halts China parcels after Trump tariffs (BBC)<\/h2>\n

The US Postal Service (USPS) said it has stopped accepting parcels from mainland China and Hong Kong until further notice.<\/p>\n

Letters will not be affected by the suspension, said the company, which declined to offer a reason for the decision.<\/p>\n

However, on Tuesday new rules came into force which closed a loophole that allowed small packages worth $800 (\u00a3641) or less to be sent to the US without paying tax or fees.<\/p>\n

It was one of the measures announced by US President Donald Trump who imposed an additional 10% tariff on all goods imported to the US from China. [Continue reading…<\/a>]<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s the official note\u00a0from the USPS<\/a>:<\/strong><\/p>\n

INTERNATIONAL SERVICE SUSPENSION NOTICE \u2013 effective Feb. 4, 2025<\/strong><\/p>\n

Effective Feb. 4, the Postal Service will temporarily suspend only international package acceptance of inbound parcels from China and Hong Kong Posts until further notice. Note the flow of letters and flats from China and Hong Kong will not be impacted.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

UPDATE: The USPS has reversed this decision and parcel delivery has been resumed. Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor Eric, who notes that if you live in the US and have incoming packages from China or Hong Kong, you may experience delays. Here’s the story from the BBC: US Postal Service halts China parcels after […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3],"tags":[4078],"class_list":["post-61942","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-news"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-g74","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":10987,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2014\/10\/voa-reduced-tv-to-china-during-hong-kong-protests\/","url_meta":{"origin":61942,"position":0},"title":"VOA Reduced TV to China during Hong Kong protests","author":"Thomas","date":"October 8, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"The website BBG Watch recently posted a guest commentary from an anonymous VOA reporter regarding the loss of VOA Weishi TV during the Hong Kong protests. 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