CBP Update on De Minimis and Tariffs
Summary: wilsonharborsales shared an update about changes to the tariff rates and fees for incoming postal packages, detailed in a release from the CBP on August 15, 2025. Postal packages may now be subject to flat rate fees, and cross-border carriers might need to request bonds from customers to cover potential costs. Two methodologies for assessing duties on dutiable postal items were described: one based on the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) tariff rate and another assigning specific duties per package depending on the country of origin's IEEPA rate.
Flat rate fees may be assigned to incoming postal packages per the release. Also from the release, cross-border carriers may need to request bonds from customers to cover the cost of debts, fines and assigned duties as per the CBP release dated Aug 15 2025.
Methodology 1: A duty equal to the effective International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. § 1701 et seq.) (IEEPA) tariff rate applicable to the country of origin of the product shall be assessed on the value of each dutiable postal item (package) containing goods entered for consumption, or
• Methodology 2: A specific duty shall be assessed on each package containing goods entered for consumption, based on the effective IEEPA tariff rate applicable to the country of origin of the product as follows:
o Countries with an effective IEEPA tariff rate of less than 16 percent: $80 per item;
o Countries with an effective IEEPA tariff rate between 16 and 25 percent (inclusive): $160 per item; and
o Countries with an effective IEEPA rate above 25 percent: $200 per item.
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