{"id":95607,"date":"2025-08-25T21:48:09","date_gmt":"2025-08-25T21:48:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/95607\/"},"modified":"2025-08-25T21:48:09","modified_gmt":"2025-08-25T21:48:09","slug":"australia-post-halts-most-parcel-postage-to-us-as-tariff-chaos-hits-global-carriers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/95607\/","title":{"rendered":"Australia Post halts most parcel postage to US as tariff chaos hits global carriers"},"content":{"rendered":"

Australia Post has taken the extraordinary step of immediately suspending many forms of postage to the United States, as a Trump administration tariff on low-value parcels is due to come into effect within days.<\/p>\n

Australian businesses selling to American customers will be blocked from shipping to the US via Australia Post from today.<\/p>\n

The government-owned postal service joins other global carriers in taking this step, ahead of new levies beginning on Friday, August 29.<\/p>\n

It will continue shipping letters and documents to the US, along with packages that are declared as gifts and are worth less than $US100 ($153).<\/p>\n

“We are disappointed we have had to take this action,” Australia Post executive Gary Starr said in a statement.<\/p>\n

“However, due to the complex and rapidly evolving situation, a temporary partial suspension has been necessary to allow us to develop and implement a workable solution for our customers.”<\/p>\n

The halt will largely impact businesses that ship goods to retail customers in the US, including those using Business Contract and MyPost Business.<\/p>\n

“This decision has been made to ensure compliance with the new US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) requirements.<\/p>\n

“Specifically, the requirement for duties and taxes to be prepaid on all shipments prior to their arrival in the US,” Australia Post said in an email to business customers.<\/p>\n

The suspension also impacts shipping to Puerto Rico.<\/p>\n

Are you being impacted by Australia Post’s decision? Do you know more about this story? Email our journalist confidentially on terzon.emilia@abc.net.au<\/a> or em.terzon@proton.me<\/a><\/p>\n

US shipping halt until ‘further notice’<\/p>\n

Australia Post’s decision is effective immediately, from August 26, and is until “further notice”.<\/p>\n

“Australia Post continues to work with US and Australian authorities and international postal partners to resume postal service to the US as a priority,” Mr Starr said.<\/p>\n

\"White<\/p>\n

E-commerce business have described confusion and chaos when trying to navigate the tariff changes. (ABC News: Michael Lloyd)<\/p>\n

Australia Post’s suspension of most shipments to the US follows the Trump administration axing the “de minimis” exemption<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Until now, parcels of goods worth less than $US800 ($1,230) were not taxed when they arrived in the US \u2014 an exemption relied upon by many Australian retailers to send items to the US duty-free.<\/p>\n

The tax exemption is due to end on August 29 for imports from all countries globally, with low-value parcels to be slugged with tariffs or flat fees.<\/p>\n

The decision \u2014 formalised in an executive order on July 30 \u2014 has caught many postal operators globally off guard.<\/p>\n

China’s de minimis exemption already ended earlier this year, impacting massive online retailers like Shein and Temu<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Guidelines out of Washington DC state parcels will now either be levied with the tariffs associated with their “country of origin”, or flat fees of more than $US80.<\/p>\n

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