LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Americans are bracing for potential problems with incoming international shipments after the Trump administration ended a long-standing tax exemption.

That could mean tariff troubles for popular products from places like South Korea, India and Europe.

Dozens of government and privately-run international postal services are pausing shipments of low value packages because they will no longer be exempt from import taxes.

What is the “De Minimis” exemption?

It was an exemption that allowed packages worth less than $800 to come into the U.S. duty free. Data from the U.S. Customs and Border Patrol Agency states a total of 1.36 billion packages were sent in 2024 under that exemption for goods worth $64.6 billion.

President Trump signed the executive order doing away with t

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