DHL Express temporarily suspended deliveries of goods worth more than $800 to US private consumers on 20 April, citing concerns over increased customs checks. Business-to-business deliveries will continue, it said, but these may be subject to delays.
The express carrier says that customs checks on packages worth up to $2,500 have been tightened as part of President Trump’s ‘Liberation Day round of swingeing tariff increases announced on 2 April. This had resulted in a surge in the number of parcels requiring full customs clearance.
DHL adds that it will still deliver packages worth less than $800, which currently enjoy de minimus status in the US but this concession is set to end on 2 May.