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

[Bentley, Andrew Charles]

Apologies, it appears that the below $100 exemption is for personal packages only and not those sent by companies which I missed in my original perusal of the regulations

Andy


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Andy Bentley
Ichthyology Collection Manager
University of Kansas
Biodiversity Institute

Dyche Hall
1345 Jayhawk Boulevard
Lawrence, KS, 66045-7561
USA

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From: Bentley, Andrew Charles <abentley at ku.edu>
Sent: Monday, August 25, 2025 9:18 AM
To: Dirk Neumann <d.neumann at leibniz-lib.de>; nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu <nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu>
Subject: Re: [Nhcoll-l] De Minimis removal for imports to the United States

Thanks for this info Dirk.  The news is starting to trickle down to us here in the US and still trying to figure out the ramifications for natural history loans, however there are still two things that are true.


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Important to send materials by courier (FedEx or UPS) and not national postal service (DHL is transferred into the US postal service upon arrival) so that it can be tracked, and
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Most important to alert us to any material that is being returned or sent our way so that we can provide the necessary import paperwork (USFWS 3-177) to ensure clearing of customs in an expedited manner.

There is still an exemption to import tariffs for material under $100 so we should still be OK but always good to be safe than sorry.

Thanks

Andy

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Andy Bentley
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University of Kansas
Biodiversity Institute

Dyche Hall
1345 Jayhawk Boulevard
Lawrence, KS, 66045-7561
USA

Tel: (785) 864-3863<tel:%28785%29%20864-3863>
Fax: (785) 864-5335<tel:%28785%29%20864-5335>
Email: abentley at ku.edu<mailto:abentley at ku.edu>

ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3093-1258

http://ichthyology.biodiversity.ku.edu<http://ichthyology.biodiversity.ku.edu/>

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From: Nhcoll-l <nhcoll-l-bounces at mailman.yale.edu> on behalf of Dirk Neumann <d.neumann at leibniz-lib.de>
Sent: Friday, August 22, 2025 8:02 AM
To: nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu <nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu>
Subject: [Nhcoll-l] De Minimis removal for imports to the United States


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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