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

Thu Aug 28 07:47:34 EDT 2025

Thank you Dirk. Yes, this is exactly how DHL “lost” a shipment of study skin samples that were unfortunately destructively sampled from historical skins.  We have been unable to recover, but the last communication was the CBP took possession from the third party vendor (land), yet we cannot find out which port or office.  It may have us reconsider both DHL and when we permit destructive sampling for international requests.
Ironically, this was the result of a labor dispute with DHL Canada, but it appears from what I am reading here that it could happen any time with respect to inability to track once the POE is crossed.
Thanks again, Jacqui

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Hi all,

please be aware that there are two "DHL" carriers, which are strictly separated companies:

- DHL Express (originally founded in the US and taken over by German (national) Deutsche Post, which then rebranded itself)
- and just DHL (= DHL Paket, the German national postal parcel service, which is equivalent e.g. with USPS); they also offer and international "express" service, which is handled outside the DHL Express system.

This similarity of brand names causes frequent confusion.
Jacqui, I assume that DHL Parcel shipments to Canada should still be fine. The disadvantage of national postal services however is that you can track usually only within their own tracking systems, which means that as soon as an international parcel is handed over into an other (national) system, it may get a different tracking number and/or can no longer be tracked under its original tracking number you received.

And yes, Andy, the 100 USD exemption is not applicable for us.

Hope this further clarifies.
Dirk

Am 25.08.2025 um 17:18 schrieb Jacqueline Miller:
Good day all;

Just a clarification, please.  Can Canada still use DHL for international museum shipments? This is our vendor of record. We have already had a package of specimens go missing this summer under DHL, in limbo somewhere with CBP.

Also, at ROM, we are changing our loans workflow to ensure advance notification is made to both USFWS and CBP.  So far I have trialed this process with FedEx, and we have had excellent results (the next day with full clearances!).

Cheers, Jacqui

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Le ROM reconnaît que le Musée est situé sur les terres ancestrales des Wendats, de la Confédération des Haudenosaunee et de la Nation Anishinabek, y compris la Première Nation des Mississaugas de Credit, et qu’ils occupent ces terres depuis la nuit des temps.

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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.

  1.  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

  1.  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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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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