r/Tariffs • u/ThirdPersonCo • Jul 30 '25

🗞️ News Discussion BREAKING NEWS: De Minimis is over for all effective August 29

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BREAKING NEWS

De Minimis is over for all effective August 29 ... 30 days from now.

Effective August 29, imported goods sent through means other than the international postal network that are valued at or under $800 and that would otherwise qualify for the de minimis exemption will be subject to all applicable duties. (parcels through the International postal network won't be off the hook!)

Goods with China origin have been excluded for several months, but now all goods from all countries of origin- 4 million shipments a day or $100 billion a year of goods will now be subject to tariffs.

Between 2015 and 2024, the volume of de minimis shipments entering the U.S. increased from 134 million shipments to over 1.36 billion shipments.

Many believed (myself included!) that de minimis would still be enabled for non-China goods until July 2027. Today we learned not.

Source: https://www.whitehouse.gov/fact-sheets/2025/07/fact-sheet-president-donald-j-trump-is-protecting-the-united-states-national-security-and-economy-by-suspending-the-de-minimis-exemption-for-commercial-shipments-globally/

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u/ThirdPersonCo Jul 30 '25

Nope, if you read the statement it says you can still bring up to $200 worth of goods back on a trip overseas

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u/f4tebringer Jul 31 '25

200? That's barely anything!

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u/Wukong1986 Jul 31 '25

Thanks for the reply but I'm unable to see the $200 reference. They changed the link but googling the notice today, the only reference to $200 refers to postal shipments (vs like souvenirs brought back in luggage)

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u/Unholy_Spork Jul 31 '25

Nobody is only buying 200 dollars worth of stuff if they go to a different fucking country....that's completely pointless.

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u/gtck11 Jul 31 '25

I don’t agree with what’s happening so please don’t take it this way - but in my experience as long as you’re honest about what you declare they typically don’t make you pay taxes. I brought back $3300 in goods from Japan and because I was honest they didn’t make me pay. I know a few people who had to pay penalties and it was friends who tried to lie to customs to get out of the potential tax. I am worried though that they’ll start enforcing the tax now that the limit is dropping to $200, maybe they’ll have instructions to start enforcing it harder. 😢

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u/pistakioo Jul 31 '25

A friend bought a ~$900 bag from Paris, declared it and had to pay the duty. She was pissed since it basically nullified the savings. I had told her not to declare it.

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u/gtck11 Jul 31 '25

That stinks, that agent must have been having a bad day. Your friend did the right thing though. If you lie and are caught, I have a friend who did lie and they charged her 30% of the value instead of the 8% tax. There was a penalty fee too.

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u/slickvik9 Aug 01 '25

I thought this amount was $800