Online stores like Shein and Temu will now have to pay 145% tax on Chinese products in the United States, which they should not do before Thursday evening.
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Just after midnight Thursday evening, the exemption that applied to minimis, online orders of less than $ 800 to cross borders without tax, ended in the United States
Even if 80% of electronic orders came from minimis, who came from China, President Trump decided to remove enormous purchasing power from the Americans.
Donald Trump said, during a White House meeting, that minimis are fraud and that he ended this fraudulent system.
The customs and border protection service in the United States has revealed to CNN that it proceeds to “almost 4 million shipments of minimis excluding tax every day.”
The least well -fented will be the most affected by President Trump’s new decision, since they represent 48% of the addresses receiving packets from Chinese sites, such as Shein and Temu, according to a search for economists from Yale and UCLA.
“I can no longer afford to buy Temu now, and I could not afford to buy here,” admits a 64 -year -old retired nurse in Virginia, Rena Scott.
Articles from China and Hong Kong, which are delivered by UPS, DHL and Fedex are subject to 145% prices since April 10, 2025. Now, the products below $ 800 will also be affected.
“Due to the recent changes in global trade rules and prices, our expenses have increased. To continue to offer the products you like without compromising quality, we will adjust our prices, ”said Shein on a publication, saying that he would do everything to keep low prices.
According to a CNN survey, 59% of Americans say that Trump policies have worsened the American economy.
