[Nhcoll-l] De Minimis removal for imports to the United States

[Dirk Neumann]

Dear colleagues,

the Executive order suspending the De Minimis Treatment For All Countries" gets effective on 29 August, 00:01 Eastern Daylight Time.

https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/07/suspending-duty-free-de-minimis-treatment-for-all-countries/

This removed the low-value exemption for all shipments into the US and introduces measures to increase screening for illegal substances or drugs.

This may affect postal shipments handled/forwarded within national postal systems for import to the US / into USPS systems. DHL parcel, i.e. national German parcel service, (which is not the same as DHL Express), declared to suspend all services to the US from 26 August.

The announcement of DHL states, that several other national postal services, are suspending services tot he US, e.g.

  *   Post Nord in Sweden and Denmark; https://group.postnord.com/news-media/2025/postnord-is-temporarily-pausing-certain-goods-to-the-united-states-and-puerto-rico/
  *   BPost in Belgium; https://www.vrt.be/vrtnws/en/2025/08/20/bpost-to-suspend-parcel-service-to-the-us-from-friday/
  *   ÖPAG in Austria; https://www.post.at/en/p/c/shipments-usa



Please check your the information of your local postal carrier to avoid problems with your shipments into the US and keep yourself informed about potential changes.

With best wishes

Dirk



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Stiftung Leibniz-Institut zur Analyse des Biodiversitätswandels
Postanschrift: Adenauerallee 127, 53113 Bonn, Germany

Stiftung des öffentlichen Rechts;
Generaldirektion: Prof. Dr. Bernhard Misof (Generaldirektor), Adrian Grüter (Kaufm. Geschäftsführer)
Sitz der Stiftung: Adenauerallee 160 in Bonn
Vorsitzender des Stiftungsrates: Dr. Michael H. Wappelhorst
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