The package from the topic -is seen in front of the screen with a logo theme. (Photo Nicos Pekiaridis/Nurphoto via Getty Images)
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The Chinese Internet Seller Exits the topic out on multiple products on its app that can be shipped from a warehouse in the US President Donald Trump Decision on the recall of the popular tax hole.
The almost centuries-old exception, known as De Minimis, used many e-commerce companies to send goods worth less than $ 800 in the US customs. Trump Saturday suspended the exemption as part of new tariffs that include an additional 10% tax on Chinese goods.
De Minimis helped to stimulate the topic and Shein’s explosive growth in the US, allowing companies to bypass the low-value shipments and maintain their stone prices on everything, from shoes and clothing to furniture and electronics.
Given the exemption from the tariff, the theme has significantly increased its promotion of seller who have supplies in US warehouses, not items that are delivered directly from China. The scanning of the list in the “Lightning Deals” theme shows that it is almost completely dominated by products with a green “local” badge.
By promoting local inventory, themes do not only come faster to the buoys thresholds, but the company also reduces its reliance on sellers who deliver directly from China. Although the products are stored in US warehouses, many local lists state that the items sell companies based in China.
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The topic appears with more products shipped from local warehouses in its application after the suspension of the popular trade holes.
The theme promotion of products based in the US also brings it to a more direct competition Amazon,, ebay and Walmartwho also reported sellers in China who deliver goods abroad to their warehouses. Amazon last year noticed the topic and Shein’s dramatic growth in the US when it was launched its own budget shop, called Haul.
The topic, which is owned by the Chinese Internet seller PDD HoldingsIn March, sellers with an inventory in US warehouses began. By July, approximately 20% of the US Sales in the United States arrived from these sellers, not traders based in China, according to the E-Transportation Market Research Company Pulse on the market.
The topic, Shein and other Chinese e-train companies are trying to reduce the level of disorders in their services because they face new, stricter customs demands. They were thrown into further chaos Tuesday night When the US postal service suddenly announced that it suspended entry packages from China and Hong Kong “until further notice”.
Less than 12 hours later, USPS turned her decisionand continued to accept the packages from these regions. The Agency also said that it would work with the US customs and protect the borders on “implementing an effective collection mechanism for new Chinese tariffs to ensure the least disorders of the package delivery”.
Insecurity created volatility For the price of the PDD shares, which fell 6%on Monday, 8%increased on Tuesday and fell more than 3%on Wednesday.
The critics of the DE MINISM provision say that an unjust advantage of Chinese e-commerce companies has been provided and has created an influx of packages that are “subject to minimal documentation and inspection”, causing concern about forged and insecure goods.
Others advocated that the Minimis exemption remained in place, saying that its removal would burden the customs officers and lead to higher state expenses.
“At some point, there will be 3 million of those goods a day, and Customs can do their best, but are not equipped,” said Hugo Pakula, Executive Director of the Company Company with a Natica Identity Supply Chain. “This week have to make 10x more projections than last week.”
CBP announced that in 2024 he processed more than 1.3 billion de minimis shipments. Report 2023 Since the Chinese Communist Party’s selection board has found that the topic and Shein “are probably responsible” for more than 30% of the de minimis shipment in the United States
Shein also courted us customers and sellers. The company opened the distribution centers in the countries, including Illinois and California, 2022, and the center of the Seattlu supply chain last year. Company said Seattle Hub would allow him to “localize and support faster delivery time for US consumers.”
