• neuracnu
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    2 months ago

    This is going to absolutely wreck Temu, SHEIN, aliexpress and an a gaggle of Amazon sellers.

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    De minimus -

    :lacking significance or importance

    :so minor as to merit disregard

    Cracking Down on De Minimis Shipments

    🤨🙋‍♂️

    […] addressing the significant increased abuse of the de minimis exemption, in particular China-founded e-commerce platforms, and strengthening efforts to target and block shipments that violate U.S. laws.

    Ohhhhhhhh

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    There is no reason for a factory in China to get nearly free shipping in America when it costs 20x for the American business. They can import through standard channels and tariffs and then distribute in the US if they want to do business. Just try and send a gift to someone in China and you will pay 50-100x the cost the other way.

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    Tminus 3 days till a judge in Texas somehow preemptively shuts this down…

    No I’m not jaded at all…

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      The biggest difference is if they go thru Amazon’s logistics they still have to abide by custom laws, containers are randomly checked, and they pay the same tariff as any other importer. Unlike De minimus that gets the individual package around tougher scrutiny.