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Title: The Age of Cheap Online Shopping is Ending

Link: https://slashdot.org/story/25/09/01/1818247/t...

The century-old duty-free import exemption that transformed American online
shopping has ended, The Atlantic argues, closing a loophole that allowed
packages valued under $800 to enter the United States without tariffs. The de
minimis threshold, raised from $200 in 2016, processed millions of daily
shipments directly from overseas sellers to American consumers. China lost
access earlier this year; the exemption now terminates for all countries.
Platforms including Shein, Temu, and marketplace sellers on Amazon, Etsy, and
eBay built business models around direct shipping from manufacturing hubs in
Asia and elsewhere. Import duties will apply to all international packages
regardless of value, with tariffs reaching 50% for some countries. The policy
shift affects everything from $30 specialty faucet parts shipped from Britain
to handmade crafts from India, fundamentally altering the economics of cross-
border e-commerce that emerged over the past decade.

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