President Donald Trump will close a loophole that allows online retailers to send small packages to the U.S. without paying a ...

The de minimis provision has existed since the 1930s, but its use has exploded in recent years with the rise of e-commerce. The provision allows packages worth less than $800 to be sent to the U.S ...

A range of firms who would have otherwise priced above the tax notch lower prices, implying a source of terms of trade gains for the country imposing de minimis. The empirical analysis identifies the ...

A trade loophole called de minimis helped drive explosive growth for bargain sites such as Temu and Shein, allowing them to ship cheap goods from China to U.S. consumers without having to pay ...

The Biden-Harris administration announced Friday that it is taking action to limit the number of imports eligible for the de minimis exception to American tariffs and customs inspection.

It’s been 11 days since President Donald Trump hit pause on an executive order suspending de minimis treatment for shipments originating in China. And while the move has given shippers ...

Of 122 million de minimis shipments to the U.S., 89 million came from China Number of shipments to U.S. under the "de minimis" duty-free provision De minimis shipments from China to U.S. Total de ...

Few of the factory owners in this ramshackle part of Guangzhou in southern China have any idea what the “de minimis exemption” is or how it affects the level of tariffs their products face ...