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Yes I have tried. They refunded my money. I tried another vendor and my fingers are crossed I don’t have same issue.

 

DHL is shipping packages only when it is a "gift"....with max value of $100 mentioned and only individual to individual.
https://group.dhl.com/en/media-relations/press-releases/2025/new-us-customs-regulations-temporary-restrictions-on-postal-goods-shipping-to-the-us-for-private-and-business-customers.html#:~:text=Commercial shipments are subject to,U.S. as quickly as possible.

 

I do not agree. I am quite familiar with it and I am just a repair shop owner. Most of my suppliers seem very up to speed on the process. We are not a 3rd world country.
More than anything its an aspect of current politics people want to complain about. They are whiners.
The rest of us are just getting on with life.

 

Funny. I just received a DHL package from England with a few thousand dollars worth of bearings declared from business to business at full value. No issues at all

 

The de minimis value was $800 before. Lots of parts cost more than that. There are no issues importing anything but the costs may be more than before.
Smaller packages can still slip through irrespective of declared value.

The transporters are not eating anything. They'll benefit from this.

 

There is no added time. Most transport companies will calculate the customs fees before the package even enters the US.

 

Most didn't stop at all. A few stopped for 2 days.

MSM politicizing the issue.

 

Read the text.

"Additionally, goods shipping via DHL Express and the commercial import of goods into the U.S. under the currently applicable customs rates will still be possible. These rates also apply to private customer packages with a value over $100."

 

"The sky is falling....The sky is falling"

Bunch of whining snowflakes. Most of us are doing business just like before.

My bearing package the other day left port of entry and was on a truck on its way here before the tariff was calculated. Once at the local depot 40 miles away I was notified of tariff amount and given a link to pay it prior to delivery.

Sorry to disappoint everyone but tariffs have stopped no one in American business from doing business. Quit believing the leftist news.

Just one more line item to mark up.

 

Good day Rifledriver,

My experience is a lot different. I ship a lot of goods into the US (almost daily for the past 20+ years) with most US recipients (many are very large firms) unaware that the shipments could incur duty/taxes assessed by the US Gov. I routinely have to explain that these duty/taxes are not added by us, but rather it is the US Gov that imposes these taxes... which is not unique to the US, as most other Countries add importation taxes. The tax (and/or duty) amount is based upon the good themselves (each have variable rates from 0 to x%) and the shipment's value (low value shipments were "mostly" excluded from importation taxes).

As for shippers refusing to ship... I have had this happen (at times) to our firm, as many firms would ship goods into Canada and the Canadian recipient would be taken aback by the importation fees/taxes and refuse to pay and so the shipment would be returned to the shipper on their dime. So... many shippers (including from the US), simply stopped shipping to Canada. As for the headlines... this could have happened in a few cases and so made major news even though it was not across the board. On our side we have accounts with various shipping companies and so all tax assessed inbound shipments are billed to our respective account and so there is no real risk to the shipper. Consequently, even the US firms that do not ship to Canada, will ship to us provided we supply our shipping account.

Cheers,

Sam

 

Good day Rifledriver,

Indeed, shipping into the US continues. Sadly, headlines, news-bites, etc are designed to be sensational with little info as to the details or context.

From my perspective, I see the current "US shipping issues" revolving around the US Gov imposing tariffs/taxes on goods that they never did or enforced before. The US always had some level of tariffs/taxes in place, but chose not to enforce/collect them unless the shipment's value exceeded a certain threshold. The tariffs/taxes were mutually agreed to by the US and the various Countries and was published for all to see (https://hts.usitc.gov/). What has been a big issue is that the current US Administration imposed variable taxes almost weekly or at a whim... which created uncertainty for all those involved. Businesses appreciate and require stability to their cost of goods and so having an original tax of say 10% and then raised to 35% one day, a week later to 80%, then weeks later changing to yet another rate makes it really tough to distributors/sellers to maintain their quoted prices.

On your side... you are aware of possible importation taxes/fees and you deal with it. Not everyone is like this. As I said, I deal with this almost daily.

Cheers,

Sam

 

Decisions are all made recently...an other company halted their shipments =
https://www.bpost.be/en/send-parcel/United-States
They wait for more clearness from the US gov. how it will work out. No panic ! If the smoke is gone, all will be clear again.
In Europe we are used to paying customs charges for every package that arrives.

 

Technically one has to pay sales tax on out of state purchases as well. Anyone not knowing that after 30 years of internet commerce is a clown.

 

The smoke is all on the EU side.

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cx2p17xypgko

 

Good day lagunacc,

The difference is semantics... importation taxes can be referred to as "tariffs" or "duty charges" that non frequent importers are unaware of. Secondly, unlike the typical sales tax... most shipping companies charge fees to process an inbound shipment which is added to the final bill... and this also throw people for a loop.

As for those that are unaware of all these items/details... it even happens with the very large (multi $B) companies who even have dedicated shipping departments. I deal with this routinely and the amount of time it consumes is far greater than most realize. Clearly, casual US importers now have things to learn, whereas before, it was something they could be blissfully unaware of.

What is annoying and tiresome is that there are some that wish to frame this as being other Country's "ripping off" the US... this is not true, but rather the US Gov decided to ignore the collection of their own importation taxes to which various some exporters and importers happily exploited.

Cheers,

Sam

 

Being surprised by the lower de minimis value and the higher customs fees is understandable. Not being aware of customs fees is laughable.
Even out of state purchases incur fees, although many do not report them. https://www.salestaxinstitute.com/sales_tax_faqs/sales-tax-vs-use-tax-guide

Far as other countries crying foul, pot calling the kettle black is an understatement.