Norwegen, Schweden, Dänemark und Belgien werden ab dem 23. August Paketversand in die USA einstellen
https://www.businessinsider.com/some-european-postal-services-sellers-are-suspending-us-bound-shipments-2025-8
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Norwegen, Schweden, Dänemark und Belgien werden ab dem 23. August Paketversand in die USA einstellen
https://www.businessinsider.com/some-european-postal-services-sellers-are-suspending-us-bound-shipments-2025-8
Von World_of_Warshipgirl
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Reddit says it is behind a soft paywall (that I do not get on my end) so I am posting some of the relevant parts from the article.
>Postal services operated by Norway, Sweden, Denmark, and Belgium — Posten Bring, PostNord, and bpost — said they will suspend parcel shipments to the US ahead of the end of a customs exemption that allows low-value packages to enter the country duty-free.
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>The conundrum facing postal operators comes as the Trump administration prepares to suspend the „de minimis“ exemption starting on August 29. The exemption used to allow international shipments under $800 to cross the border with minimal paperwork and no duties.
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>Now, these shipments will face tariffs, and not every operator can handle the customs declaration paperwork, have a payment mechanism in place, or be responsible for returns should a receiver refuse to pay tariffs. It’s unclear when the temporary freeze on shipments will resume.
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>“Due to the short timeframe to adapt to the new specific requirements, PostNord will temporarily halt shipments to the United States and Puerto Rico until a compliant solution has been developed and implemented,“ wrote the operator owned by the Swedish and Danish governments in a statement on Wednesday.
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>Separately, Posten Bring, Norway’s primary postal provider operated by the government, said in a statement that postal services have not been given clear instructions and solutions on how the duties will be paid or who would be responsible for returns. Therefore, Posten Bring sees suspension as the „only option.“
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>All three European postal services will suspend shipments starting August 23, which applies to all packages other than letters. This means that if you have a pending purchase that is not shipped by the deadline, your seller may need to cancel your order or arrange alternatives.
Finland suspends shipments as well: [https://www.iltalehti.fi/kotimaa/a/c2439514-692c-495b-98f2-8345280a8b85](https://www.iltalehti.fi/kotimaa/a/c2439514-692c-495b-98f2-8345280a8b85) (Credit u/Beccan_1 for finding a source for that)
Austria suspends shipments as well: [https://orf.at/stories/3403121/](https://orf.at/stories/3403121/) (credit u/xoteonlinux for the source).
New Zealand suspends shipments as well: [https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/570804/nz-post-suspends-deliveries-to-the-us-as-trump-s-tariffs-loom](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/570804/nz-post-suspends-deliveries-to-the-us-as-trump-s-tariffs-loom) (Credit u/kompiler )
Croatia too: [https://www.novilist.hr/novosti/hrvatska/hp-obustavlja-otpremu-dijela-robe-postom-u-sad/](https://www.novilist.hr/novosti/hrvatska/hp-obustavlja-otpremu-dijela-robe-postom-u-sad/) (credit: u/[Organized-Konfusion](https://www.reddit.com/user/Organized-Konfusion/) )
Czech post has also done this, but we aren’t important enough to be mentioned.
German DHL as well.
Same in Lithuania
Norway Post will not accept any parcels to USA with a value below $800.
Parcels with a value above that will have normal customs clearance as today, and will continue to be sent.
>“Due to the short timeframe to adapt to the new specific requirements, PostNord will temporarily halt shipments to the United States and Puerto Rico until a compliant solution has been developed and implemented,“
Something tells me that a compliant solution isn’t going to implemented in the next 6 months atleast…..
Same with Iceland
Finland too
Austrias postal service will also end parcel transfer to the US.
[orf](https://orf.at/stories/3403121/)
Oh fuck.
I am sending some stupid shit to USA sometimes. It affects my customers too
To be fair, it’s pretty insane that goods under $800 are simply allowed in without duties or taxes. The limit for that in the EU is 45 euros.
It puts American sellers at a massive disadvantage because they need to pay duties and potentially sales tax when they ship to customers, but those same customers could order from a Chinese seller and pay nothing.
Ha ha where are you going to get your Surströmming now America.
We should just boycott anything American let them be American alone as Trump and Maga want
Good move
Do same with a military and not only customer goods
What confuses me the most here is that isn’t it the receiver’s responsibility to do the customs declaration? At least that’s how it works here in Sweden.
In Latvia also. Cannot say for all companies, but 2 biggest ones halted US shipments
Estonia also…
Finland’s main postal company „Posti“ announced yesterday, they halt shipments too.
It’s because de minimis is being suspended. The same thing was going to happen with china but it was never cancelled. Something will happen behind the scenes and de minimis won’t go away.
Hong Kong has done this already
A lot of companies with a large US customer base will get wrecked. This timeline sucks
* Norway, Sweden, Denmark, and Belgium will halt parcel shipments to the US starting August 23.
* The operators lack mechanisms to manage the payment of duties without the de minimis exemption.
* Etsy suspended US-bound shipping labels with operators that cannot support prepaid duties.
If you have been eyeing something from overseas, you may want to click „buy now“ today.
Postal services operated by Norway, Sweden, Denmark, and Belgium — Posten Bring, PostNord, and bpost — said they will suspend parcel shipments to the US ahead of the end of [a customs exemption](https://www.businessinsider.com/ways-brands-reduce-tariff-costs-bonded-warehouse-de-minimis-ends-2025-4) that allows low-value packages to enter the country duty-free.
The conundrum facing postal operators comes as the Trump administration prepares to suspend the „[de minimis](https://www.businessinsider.com/de-minimis-is-over-higher-prices-longer-waits-trumps-tariffs-2025-5)“ exemption starting on August 29. The exemption used to allow international shipments under $800 to cross the border with minimal paperwork and no duties.
Now, these shipments will face tariffs, and not every operator can handle the customs declaration paperwork, have a payment mechanism in place, or be responsible for returns should a receiver refuse to pay tariffs. It’s unclear when the temporary freeze on shipments will resume.
„Due to the short timeframe to adapt to the new specific requirements, PostNord will temporarily halt shipments to the United States and Puerto Rico until a compliant solution has been developed and implemented,“ wrote the operator owned by the Swedish and Danish governments in a statement on Wednesday.
Separately, Posten Bring, Norway’s primary postal provider operated by the government, said in a statement that postal services have not been given clear instructions and solutions on how the duties will be paid or who would be responsible for returns. Therefore, Posten Bring sees suspension as the „only option.“
All three European postal services will suspend shipments starting August 23, which applies to all packages other than letters. This means that if you have a pending purchase that is not shipped by the deadline, your seller may need to cancel your order or arrange alternatives.
But even if you’re not purchasing from these specific European countries, your shopping options might still dwindle and [become more costly](https://www.businessinsider.com/companies-raising-prices-increases-trump-tariffs-2025).
[Etsy](https://www.businessinsider.com/scaled-etsy-shop-48k-profit-in-four-months-using-data-2025-3), the US e-commerce giant and a [hub for independent crafters](https://www.businessinsider.com/love-money-yarn-rise-etsy-husbands-wives-entrepreneurs-online-shopping-2025-6), posted a notice Wednesday that shipping label purchases for Australia Post, Canada Post, Evri, and Royal Mail for US-bound packages will be temporarily suspended starting August 25.