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Trump allowed to suspend de minimis exemption, U.S. court rules

The ruling lets Trump keep collecting duties on low-value imports, and Customs and Border Protection has already taken in more than $1 billion.

  • A federal trade court upheld President Donald Trump's removal of the de minimis exemption that allowed low-value goods to be imported tax-free to the U.S..
  • The Court of International Trade ruled that Trump's suspension of the exemption for packages worth $800 or less entering tariff-free can continue..
  • Trump stated on Truth Social that foreign shippers could previously send packages worth up to $800 duty-free and with less scrutiny before the change..
  • A three-judge panel unanimously decided that under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, the president can cancel privileges like the de minimis duty-free treatment..
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Reuters broke the news in London, United Kingdom on Thursday, August 13, 2026.
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