Information från Deutsche Post gällande nya tullregler i USA
Important information for shipping goods to the USA: Temporary suspension of goods shipments with postal products to the USA (DHL Paket International, Warenpost International, Deutsche Post Packet Tracked and Packet Priority) at the end of August 25, 2025 – shipping is still possible with DHL Express
Dear customers and business partners,
on July 30, 2025, the USA published the Executive Order ”Suspending Duty-Free De Minimis Treatment For All Countries”. According to this decree, all shipments of goods by business customers arriving in the USA after August 29, 2025, 00:01 a.m. (Eastern Daylight Time) will be subject to import duties. Since the announcement, we have been working at full speed to clarify open questions and develop viable solutions for the new processes required by the U.S. authorities for postal dispatch.
In addition to the elimination of the previously existing duty-free limit of USD 800, this Executive Order also brings with it numerous procedural changes and provisions for the shipment of goods by post. These changes affect all postal companies worldwide that transfer items to the United States Postal Service (USPS) via postal processes. U.S. Customs and Border Protection and USPS are still working out the exact processes and regulations on how postal shipments can be handled in the future. Although some further details were published by the US authorities on August 15, key issues are still unresolved, in particular how and from whom customs duties are to be collected in future and how data is to be transmitted to the US customs authorities. We aim to implement these provisions as soon as they are available in detail, so that we can offer DHL Paket International, Deutsche Post Packet Produkte and Warenpost International services to the USA again.
Until new processes are set up, we are unfortunately forced to temporarily suspend the shipment of goods-carrying shipments to the USA and the US customs territory of Puerto Rico as of August 25, 2025.
A submission via the previous processes can be made until August 25, 2025. Shipments that are handed over to us after August 26 must be returned to you. We ask you to adapt your order and shipping processes accordingly. The sending of documents in letters is not affected by this measure.
Many postal and parcel service providers in Europe (e.g. Post Nord in Sweden and Denmark, BPost in Belgium, ÖPAG in Austria) are taking similar steps. The association of European postal service providers – PostEurop – has also already communicated that its member companies, in agreement with the relevant national authorities, will have to temporarily restrict or suspend the shipment of goods to the USA via the postal networks.
The abolition of the previous duty-free allowances for business customers affects all logistics processes for imports into the USA. However, the process changes described in the Executive Order only affect postal shipments, not commercial imports into the USA. This means that the products and services of DHL Express are still available to you as a shipping alternative. We will be happy to put you in touch with our colleagues to enable you to continue shipping your parcels to the USA.
At https://express-resource.dhl.com/DHLExpress-Shipping-Worldwide.htmlhttps://express-resource.dhl.com/DHLExpress-weltweiter-Versand.html you can find out directly about the DHL Express offer and conclude a contract for shipping to the USA.
We are following further developments very closely and – together with our European partners – are in contact with the US authorities. The aim is to resume postal shipments to the USA as quickly as possible.