The U.S. government issued an executive order on July 30, 2025, titled “Termination of De Minimis Duty Exemption for All Countries” regarding mail shipments to the United States.
This executive order terminates the duty exemption for mail shipments containing goods imported for personal consumption (dutiable mail) effective August 29 of this year, and duties will be imposed. On August 15 of this year, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) announced “New Guidelines Regarding the Elimination of De Minimis,” which require carriers and other entities to pay a customs bond to CBP and prepare customs declarations. However, the procedures that carriers and the national postal operators of each country must implement in response remain unclear, making implementation extremely difficult.
Therefore, starting Wednesday, August 27, we will temporarily suspend acceptance of mail items destined for the United States (small packages, parcels, and EMS (goods)) containing the following items, in line with other national postal operators.
Personal gifts with contents valued over US$100
Items intended for sale for consumption
However, we will continue to accept letters, postcards, printed matter, EMS (Documents), and mail items (small packages, parcels, and EMS (Goods)) containing personal gifts valued at US$100 or less.
As an alternative to the above suspension, our international courier service, UGX (Yu Global Express), can handle shipments compliant with U.S. Customs regulations.
UGX (Yu Global Express)
We sincerely apologize for any inconvenience this may cause and appreciate your understanding.