After stopping deliveries of more than $ 800 for American consumers last week, DHL is reversing the course and will resume regular shipments, the company said in a statement on Monday.
A change of April 5 to the US Customs entry process. Uu. This led to “panic and confusion,” said Louis Kurlander, director of a messaging firm in the United Kingdom. The times.
However, now DHL says he has “constructive dialogue” with American officers, and the figure will be allocated to $ 2,500 using the previous information entry process. DHL says it will resume the acceptance of B2C shipments with a declared value that exceeds $ 800 in the US.
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The new tariffs have changed customs processing, causing significant delays for DHL Express. The company has just announced that it is suspending shipments to the US for selected packages from Monday, April 21.
According to a notice on the company’s website, consumer companies (B2C) to private persons in the US. With a declared customs value of more than $ 800 they have a temporarily suspended leg “until new notice.”
The statement says that the change of April 5 for “all shipments to the US. With a declared value about USD 800” to “require formal entry processing” has caused a bottleneck in the customs, which leads the company to experience that it is being dealt with “
The previous threshold was $ 2,500.
USA today Notes that thought that the publication announced by the new measures was not date, the metadata shows that it was written on April 19.
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DHL is a global logistics and shipping company and the largest delivery of packages in Germany and express mail supplier.
Louis Kurlander, director of a messaging firm in the United Kingdom, said The times That customers who send to the United States were in disorder during the holiday.
“There is panic and confusion because obviously this was eliminated on the festive weekend,” Kurlander said. “Many companies do not work.”
Kurlander added that the luxury fashion sector could be more affected by the ban.
What is DHL still sending?
DHL points out that company to company (B2B) to US companies with a declarable value above $ 800 are not affected by the suspension, even so, they are possible delays.
The service interruption does not include B2B and B2C shipments with a declarable customs value of less than $ 800.
