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Postal traffic to US drops more than 80% after trade exemption rule ends, UN agency says

Postal traffic to US drops more than 80% after trade exemption rule ends, UN agency says
nation9/7/2025

The de minimis rule that allowed small packages worth less than $800 to be exempt from tariffs ended on Friday, Aug. 29, 2025.

Postal traffic to the U.S. has fallen significantly after the Trump administration suspended a trade exemption rule in late August, according to a global postal union. The U.N.'s Universal Postal Union (UPU) said the global postal network saw postal ... [1754 chars]