Trump Kills De Minimis: Americans Face $80-$200 Fees on 1.36B Annual Shipments
Brace for impact—your cheap online shopping era just got a tax stamp.
The De Minimis Guillotine Drops
No more sneaking under the radar. Trump’s policy shift slaps fees on every minor import, turning 1.36 billion annual shipments into revenue goldmines—or consumer nightmares.
From $0 to $200 Overnight
That $5 AliExpress gadget? Now costs more than dinner. The math is brutal: 1.36 billion packages × $80-$200 = a bureaucrat’s dream and a drop-shipper’s bankruptcy.
Wall Street’s Hidden Win
While Main Street groans, logistics stocks quietly spike—because nothing fuels capitalism like turning convenience into a surcharge. Bonus irony: crypto traders still evade this mess with borderless USDT.
White House fact sheet announcement document – Source: The WHITE House
De Minimis Exemption Removal Sparks Import Tax Hike And Price Surge
Trump ends De Minimis treatment to close what the White House is calling athat was being used to evade tariffs and also funnel deadly synthetic opioids into America. The policy targets low-value shipments that previously entered duty-free, which is creating substantial online shopping costs for consumers right now.
New Import Tax Structure Takes Effect
The increase in the import tax imposes stipulated duties, which are between 80 to 200 dollars per item and given the effective tariff rate of the country of origin. This literally marks a big change in the former system whereby under $800 packages imported duty-free had a direct effect on the nature of the US China trade war.
The White House had this to say:
Consumer Impact And Implementation
Starting August 29, when TRUMP ends De Minimis exemption fully, consumers are facing dramatically higher online shopping costs. The policy affects packages valued at or under $800 that would otherwise qualify for duty-free treatment, and this creates an immediate import tax hike for international purchases right now.
The administration has stressed that this MOVE deals with the threats associated with national security not to mention economic-based issues especially the implication of the US-China trade war that require shipments to be conveyed duty-free.
