Shippers brace for expanded data burdens under de minimis reform

The Trump administration’s brief block on de minimis treatment for packages originating in China last month showed the increased data burden any long-term reform of the program will place on both industry and the government to provide and review detailed data on millions of additional shipments per day, a shipping logistics executive told Inside U.S. Trade in a recent interview. Between Feb. 4 and 7, when Chinese shipments valued at $800 or less were disqualified from duty-free entry under...