At least 25 countries have decided to suspend packages to the United States, as the concern grows on the impact of President Donald Trump’s imminent tariffs, a UN agency said on Tuesday.
The Trump administration said at the end of last month that it would abolish a tax exemption in small packages that enter the US. UU. As of August 29.
The measure has caused a lot of advertisements of postal services, even in France, Great Britain, Germany, Italy, India, Australia and Japan, that most packages bound for the United States would no longer be accepted.
The United Nations Universal Postal Union (UPU) said it had already been advised by 25 member countries that its postal operators “have suspended their outgoing postal services to the US. UU., Citing uncertainties specifically related to traffic services.”
He said that the suspensions would remain in force until there was more clarity on how US authorities planned to implement the announced measures.
The UPU did not provide a list of postal services he had heard.
‘Considerable operating changes’
The organization, which was established in 1874 and counts 192 Member States, warned that the new measures of the United States “would imply considerable operating changes for postal operators around the world.”
As of Friday, the UPU said the measures would require postal carriers to deliver packages to the US.
The Indian Ministry of Communications said on the weekend that Trump’s executive order issued last month required transport operators or other “qualified parties” approved by US authorities to collect and send tariffs.
But “several critical processes related to the designation of ‘qualified parties’ and mechanisms for collection and tax remittances remain indefinite,” he said in a statement.
According to new US measures, individual customers will still send documents and articles worth up to $ 100 as gifts to the country without being taxed.
But anything above that value is expected to be beaten with the same tariff rates applied to other imports from the country of shipping.
That means 15 percent for countries of the European Union and 50 percent for India.
And the Postal Service of Germany DHL warned last week that even exempt items would be subject to additional checks to prevent the service from being used for commercial goods.
‘Sustainable Solutions’
UPU emphasized that it was “taking all possible measures to prepare its member countries for impacts [the new measures] can have in your postal flows. ”
The UPU Chief, Masahiko Metaki, had sent a letter to the Secretary of State of the United States, Marco Rubio, on Monday to convey the concern of member countries regarding operational interruptions, he said.
Pointing out the brief implementation timeline and expressing a particular concern about the impact on the delivery of electronic commerce elements, the union said it was “working with the relevant US authorities to ensure that information on the operational requirements of the measures is effectively communicated effectively to other member countries.”
At the same time, he said he was working with “relevant postal stakeholders” to help find sustainable solutions, including an initiative aimed at developing a system to facilitate tax collection and remittances in his network.
