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Sellers in other countries struggle to maintain US customers as holiday shopping season starts
Small international sellers face up to 30% sales drops after U.S. tariffs and shipment delays raised costs and lowered consumer confidence, impacting holiday season revenue.
- As the annual holiday shopping season kicks off, sellers abroad say the Trump administration ended the de minimis exemption Aug. 29, causing sharp U.S. sales declines three months later.
- The $800 import threshold used to let many small packages clear tariff-free, but the Trump administration ended the de minimis exemption on Aug. 29 to curb illicit and low-quality imports, making ordinary packages subject to U.S. customs and tariff processing.
- Martha Keith says U.S. sales have plummeted from about 85% to around 35%, with overall sales down about 30% as U.S. shipments now total about 10%.
- Australia Post temporarily halted U.S. deliveries for about a month, so sellers shifted carriers to FedEx and UPS and faced higher costs, with Martha Keith needing an extra �5,000 to ship pre-sold advent calendars.
- Sellers are shifting focus to domestic markets and tweaking inventories; Digi Wildflowers saw U.S. sales rebound after adding 'U.S. Import Duties On Us' banners while restarting European sales to diversify.
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Sellers in other countries struggle to maintain US customers as holiday shopping starts
As the crucial annual holiday shopping season kicks off, getting rid of the "de minimis" exemption has put a crimp on small businesses and shoppers now facing higher costs.
·Waterloo, United States
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