From 29 August, European postal operators could suspend or limit package shipments to the United States due to the cancellation of the exemption from the payment of duties for low-cost goods, valued at less than $800, decided to last month by US President Donald Trump ( of 31 July 2025). This was announced by PostEurop, the association that represents European postal operators, announcing that the members are warning individuals and companies that the end of the of the US de minimis exemption reduced their possibility to send parcels to the USA.

PostEurop pointed out that the new measure introduced in the United States will have a significant impact on operators and customers around the world who send shipments via postal networks to the United States Postal Service (USPS). "If critical aspects and processes are not defined - explained the association - no solutions can be found compliance before regulations go into effect on 29 In August, PostEurop associates may be forced to to limit or temporarily suspend shipments of goods via the postal networks to the United States'. The association specified that on August 15, the U.S. Customs and Border Protection has published brief guidelines, leaving little time for the full implementation of the provisions by the deadline, and has specified that, at the moment, details have yet to be defined such as the method of collecting customs duties and what data must be submitted to the authorities U.s..

PostEurop recalled that the current US de minimis rules allow low-value goods to enter the U.S. with an exemption from import duties and customs procedures Minimum. and that a decade ago the US Congress had raised the de minimis threshold in order to facilitate the purchase of goods from abroad by sellers of the American site of Etsy e-commerce and other small businesses to make them competitive.

PostEurop has reported that the US measure has the normal postal customs clearance for the nations subject to the Universal Postal Convention and which, with the cancellation of the de minimis exemption, the United States has made an unprecedented move by requiring the courier, who in airline, to be responsible for the collection and presentation of customs duties and documentation relating to postal shipments, since the U.S. Postal Service is unable to process registrations through the U.S. Customs automated system and Border Protection. The association specified that if the companies are equipped to present the loading manifests to the U.S. Customs Departments, however, are not interested in submitting customs registrations to U.S. Customs and Border Protection due to the potential liability and system updates.

Like the other European postal operators, recalling that a Starting from August 29th, goods shipped to the USA will be subject to the payment of customs duties prior to arrival in the United States and that the related specifications and modalities have been published by the American customs only on 15 August, Poste Italiane announced that, "in absence of different indications from the authorities and/or exceptions to the times indicated above, Poste Italiane will be forced, like other European postal operators, to temporarily suspend the acceptance of all shipments containing goods destined for the United States, already starting from next August 23rd. They will continue to be accepted - specified the Italian company - correspondence shipments not containing goods, as well as those conveyed by Poste Italian companies in the United States through the "Poste Italiane" service Delivery International Express" managed through a process logistical situation. Customers will be promptly informed and updated on all the measures that will be put in place".