US EditionUS–Bound Post Plunges 80% After De-Minimis Repeal
Nearly 90 postal operators halted shipments to the US after tariffs on small packages caused an 81% drop in postal traffic, prompting the Universal Postal Union to seek technical fixes.
- Postal traffic to the United States dropped by more than 80% after the Trump administration ended a tariff exemption for low-cost imports, according to the United Nations postal agency.
- Eighty-Eight postal operators have suspended some or all services to the United States due to new tariff rules implemented on August 29, 2025, according to the Universal Postal Union.
- The UPU reported that global postal traffic fell 81% on August 29 compared to the previous week, indicating major operational disruptions.
- Before the tariff changes, the UPU expressed concerns about their impact in a letter to U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio.
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Since the imposition of new tariffs, international mail and parcel traffic to the US has fallen by more than 80 percent.
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Postal deliveries from world to US drop 80 percent after Trump’s de minimis lift
Postal deliveries from around the world to the United States have plummeted by 80 percent since President Trump lifted the “de minimis” exception that allowed small packages worth less than $800 to be exempt from tariffs, a United Nations body has found. The Universal Postal Union (UPU), a U.N. agency that works on global postal…
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The tariff policy causes a fall in world postal traffic to the United States, after a decision to eliminate tax exemption.
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