de minimis

(Newser) - Postal traffic into the United States plunged by more than 80% after the Trump administration ended a tariff exemption for low-cost imports, according to the UN postal agency. The Universal Postal Union says it has started rolling out new measures that can help postal operators around the world calculate and...

(Newser) - More than 1.36 billion packages entered the US under the "de minimis" trade exemption last year, around 4 million a day or 43 per second, but that loophole for shipments worth under $800 has now closed. At 12:01am on Friday, Customs and Border Protection began collecting duties...