The TEMU package is seen in front of the screen with the Temu logo. (Photography Nikos Pekiary/Nurphoto via Getty Images)
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The Chinese online company, TEMU, photographed more products on its application, which can be charged from warehouses in the following United States President Donald Trump The decision to cancel a popular tax loophole.
Several e -commerce companies have used the exception to a century, known as De Minimis, to send goods worth $ 800 in the United States exempt from customs duties. Trump on saturday The exemption was suspended as part of the new customs tariff that includes an additional tax of 10 % on Chinese goods.
DE Minimis helped pay the TEMU and Shein explosive growth in the United States by allowing companies to overcome taxes on low -value charges, and keep their prices at the rocky bottom on everything from shoes and clothes to furniture and electronics.
As the customs tariff is exempt, TEMU has increased significantly the promotion of sellers who have stocks in US depots, instead of the elements that are charged directly from China. The examination of the lists in the TEMU “Lightning Deitt deals” section shows that it is fully dominated by “green” local badge products.
By promoting local stocks, TEMU products do not reach faster to the threshold of shoppers, but the company also reduces its dependence on sellers who are charged directly from China. Although the products are stored in US warehouses, many local lists state that items are sold by companies in China.
Timo representatives did not respond to the suspension requests.
TEMU installs more products that are shipped from local warehouses in their application following the suspension of a common commercial vulnerability.
TEMU's promotion of US -based products is also placed in a more direct competition with Amazonand EBay website and Wal MartWhich also signed sellers in China who ship the goods abroad to their warehouses. Amazon noticed last year Timo and Shin Dramatic growth in the United States when it was It launched its budget store, called Haul.
TEMU, Chinese online retail Pdd holdingsThey started boarding sellers with the stock in US warehouses in March. By July, about 20 % of the American TEMU sales came from these sellers, not traders in China, according to the e -commerce market research company Marketplace Pulse.
TEMU, Shein and other Chinese e -commerce companies are trying to reduce the level of turmoil in their services because they face new more striking customs requirements. They were thrown into more chaos Tuesday night When the American postal service suddenly announced that it is suspended by packages from China and Hong Kong “until further notice.”
Less than 12 hours, USPS ReversingAnd he resumed acceptance of packages from those areas. The agency also said that it will work with customs and protect the American border “to implement an effective collection mechanism for new China's definitions to ensure less disruption in the connection of packages.”
Create uncertainty Volatility For PDD share, which fell 6 % on Monday, 8 % rose on Tuesday and more than 3 % fell on Wednesday.
Critics of the judgment at a minimum says it provides an unfair advantage for Chinese e -commerce companies, and created a flow of packages “subject to the slightest limit of documents and inspection”, which raises concerns about counterfeit and unsafe goods.
Others have called for a minimum exemption location, saying that his removal will worship customs officials and It leads to high government costs.
“At some point, there will be 3 million of these goods that accumulate a day and habits can do their best, but not equipped,” said Hugo Bacola, CEO of Tru Identity in the supply chain. “They have to do more 10x offers this week more than last week.”
CBP said it had treated more than 1.3 billion shipments in 2024. Report 2023 From the Committee to choose the Parliament in the Chinese Communist Party, I found that TEMU and Shein “are likely to be responsible” for more than 30 % of minimal shipments in the United States
Shen was also flirting with buyers and sellers. The company opened distribution centers in states including Illinois and California in 2022, and the Supply Series Center in Seattle last year. Company He said The Seattle Center will enable it to “settle and support the most speedy delivery times for American consumers.”
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