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Bangladesh suspends US-bound postal parcels as new tariffs bite
Bangladesh's postal directorate has suspended parcel services to the United States for more than two weeks because of tariff-related complications after the Trump administration scrapped tax exemptions on small packages entering the American market.
Published: September 15, 2025
The suspension began on August 28, the final day of the exemption granted by US authorities to small packages under the "de minimis" rule, introduced in 1938.
From August 29, imports worth $800 or less have been subject to tariffs, with tighter customs checks in place.
The change has left thousands of small businesses and families struggling to send packages to America, as costs have become prohibitive, according to reports by global media outlets, including AFP and the BBC.
In Bangladesh, online sellers and small entrepreneurs who depend on the postal system to reach diaspora markets, especially Bangladeshi communities in the US, have been hardest hit.
"Since the first of this month, every parcel I tried to send was rejected. They keep telling me parcels to the US are not being accepted anymore. Now I cannot face my regular customers," said Da Ching, owner of Finery, an online craft house in Mirpur area of Dhaka.
She regularly shipped handmade items to clients in the US.
Bangladesh is not alone. Global postal parcel traffic to the US plummeted by 81 percent on August 29 compared with a week earlier, following the end of the exemption, the Universal Postal Union (UPU) said recently, reports AFP.
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