[Nhcoll-l] new customs regs for shipments to the US and EU effective from April 1 2025

[Meier, Gretchen]

Thank you for keeping us updated Dirk.

On Sat, Apr 5, 2025 at 4:34 AM Dirk Neumann <d.neumann at leibniz-lib.de>
wrote:

> Dear all,
>
> effective from April1, 2025 all shipments to the US and the EU *must*
> provide the following information:
>
>    1. HS code for every item, minimum the first six digits (for us 9705
>    29 00; 9705 22 for protected species, 9705 21 for human ramins, 9705 10 for
>    archaeological or ethnographic objects); *now **apparently **mandatory
>    for imports to the US *
>    2. Full description of goods for all items, i.e.:
>       - What is it ? (preserved [zoological, botanical, mineralogical,
>       anatomical, palaeontological, archaeological, ethnographic, historical
>       specimens/museum objects)
>       - What is it made of ? (e.g. ethanol preserved invertebrates, fish,
>       dry insects/herbarium specimens, mineralogical specimen, etc.)
>       - What is it intended for ? (scientific research, followed by a
>       more detail description like
>       biodiversity/taxonomic/molecular/mineralogicial/palaeontological research)
>    3. The declared value of the samples (not more than 1,- US/EUR, unless
>    the specimens where acquired as purchase and have a commercial invoice with
>    the actual value of the material)
>    4. The receiver’s Economic Operator Registration and Identification
>    (EORI) number (request the the Recipient Tax ID directly from your
>    colleagues e.g. via email)
>    5. The correct country of origin (i.e. the home country of the
>    shipping institution, *NOT* the country where the material was
>    collected); *now** apparently *
> *mandatory for imports to the US *
>
>
> Be aware of upcoming changes in international shipping and keep yourself
> up to date and informed!
>
> There have been issues to dispatch shipments travelling via national
> postal systems to the US in the last two weeks. Shipments from Germany to
> the US using DHL Worldpost (traditional parcel post that is handled in the
> US via USPS) got stopped before exported to the US and returned.
>
> For further information see
>
> https://about.usps.com/newsroom/service-alerts/international/welcome.htm
>
>
> https://www.ups.com/us/en/supplychain/resources/news-and-market-updates/2025-us-tariffs-impact-global-trade
>
> https://www.fedex.com/en-us/regulatory-news/ics2.html
>
>
> https://dhlexpress.bg/file/379.407899c3ee/Customer_PRESENTATION_-_2025_US_Regulatory_Changes.pdf
>
>
> With all best wishes
>
> Dirk Neumann
> --
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>
>
> *Dirk Neumann*
>
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>
>
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>
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> Grüter (Kaufm. Geschäftsführer)
> Sitz der Stiftung: Adenauerallee 160 in Bonn
> Vorsitzender des Stiftungsrates: Dr. Michael Wappelhorst
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