Companies allegedly evaded duties and imported Uyghur forced-laboured goods from Xinjiang.
The exception, known as the de minimis rule, exempts imports valued at US$800 or less from tariffs if the items are shipped to individual consumers. The bill would ban such shipments from China immediately upon enactment.
E-commerce sellers such as China-founded, Singapore-based Shein and Temu, a rival owned by PDD Holdings Inc, that operates the Chinese e-commerce site Pinduoduo, are big beneficiaries of the exemption.
Under the bill, countries other than China and Russia could keep the exemption by adopting the US$800 threshold for their own tariff-free imports. The bill would only allow private shippers like FedEx, UPS, and DHL to transport de minimis packages and exclude postal services.
Source: Reuters
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