[Nhcoll-l] [EXTERN] RE: De Minimis removal for imports to the United States
Chris Grinter
cgrinter at calacademy.org
Mon Sep 8 18:44:57 EDT 2025
Hi everyone,
A few updates for everyone to be aware of. I received two boxes from
Australia safely this week, however USFWS "refused" my import because of
missing Customs Entry numbers (box 6). I have *never* filled this box out
before, but the new de minimis order means we are now responsible for the
following process below (essentially being our own customs broker). I spoke
with an agent out of the LA office who has made it clear that box 6 is now
absolutely required for our 3-177 eDec's. And, all packages must be cleared
*before* import now with that customs entry number. Simply having the 3-177
on the box does not suffice. I'm sure this will vary depending on the
carrier and the customs broker they use, please share what you learn.
1) Have sender generate FedEx label and hold package. The label needs to be
flagged as a wildlife shipment.
2) Contact FedEx/shipper to tell them you have a wildlife shipment
incoming, send them your 3-177 document.
3) Have FedEx give you the customs entry #
4) Update 3-177 with that number, all before the package enters the US.
5) Save all emails with FedEx in case USFWS rejects or has an issue, the
legal burden is on them now.
Cases where this does not happen will be referred to enforcement and
possible criminal violation under 50 CFR 14.52(a).
Good luck,
Chris
*All of the above is based on my personal opinion and should not be
considered legal or expert advice.*
Christopher C. Grinter
Senior Collection Manager of Entomology
Secretary, The Lepidopterists’ Society
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On Thu, Aug 28, 2025 at 4:48 AM Jacqueline Miller <jmiller at rom.on.ca> wrote:
> 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
>
>
>
> *Jacqueline Miller, M.Sc. (She/Her/Hers)*
> Collections Technician II, Mammalogy/Ornithology
>
> 100 Queen's Park
> Toronto, ON M5S 2C6
> 416 586 5769
>
>
>
> ROM acknowledges that this museum sits on the ancestral lands of the
> Wendat, the Haudenosaunee Confederacy, and the Anishinaabek Nation, which
> includes the Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation, since time immemorial
> to today.
>
> 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.
>
>
>
> *From:* Dirk Neumann <d.neumann at leibniz-lib.de>
> *Sent:* August 28, 2025 4:37 AM
> *To:* Jacqueline Miller <jmiller at rom.on.ca>; Bentley, Andrew Charles <
> abentley at ku.edu>; nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu
> *Subject:* Re: [EXTERN] RE: [Nhcoll-l] De Minimis removal for imports to
> the United States
>
>
>
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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
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> 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
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> *Jacqueline Miller, PhD (She/Her/Hers)*
> Collections Technician 2 - DNH
>
> 100 Queen's Park
> Toronto, ON M5S 2C6
> 416 586 5769
>
>
>
> ROM acknowledges that this museum sits on the ancestral lands of the
> Wendat, the Haudenosaunee Confederacy, and the Anishinaabek Nation, which
> includes the Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation, since time immemorial
> to today.
>
> 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.
>
>
>
>
>
> *From:* Nhcoll-l <nhcoll-l-bounces at mailman.yale.edu>
> <nhcoll-l-bounces at mailman.yale.edu> *On Behalf Of *Bentley, Andrew Charles
> *Sent:* August 25, 2025 10:18 AM
> *To:* Dirk Neumann <d.neumann at leibniz-lib.de> <d.neumann at leibniz-lib.de>;
> nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu
> *Subject:* Re: [Nhcoll-l] De Minimis removal for imports to the United
> States
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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
>
>
> 2. 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.
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> Thanks
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>
> Andy
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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/
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> 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/
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> - BPost in Belgium;
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> - ÖPAG in Austria; https://www.post.at/en/p/c/shipments-usa
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>
> 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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>
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>
>
>
> Postal address:
>
> *Museum of Nature Hamburg*
> Leibniz Institute for the Analysis
>
> of Biodiversity Change
>
> Dirk Neumann
>
> Martin-Luther-King-Platz 3
>
> 20146 Hamburg
> +49 40 238 317 – 628
>
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> Grüter (Kaufm. Geschäftsführer)
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> Grüter (Kaufm. Geschäftsführer)
> Sitz der Stiftung: Adenauerallee 160 in Bonn
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