Hongkong Post announced today that it has suspended the postal service for items containing goods to the US.
When explaining its decision, Honkong Post pointed out that the US Government announced earlier that it would eliminate the duty-free de minimis treatment for postal items dispatched from Hong Kong to the US and increase the tariffs for postal items containing goods to the US starting from May 2.
Apart from stressing that the US is unreasonable, bullying and imposing tariffs abusively, Hongkong Post emphasised that it will definitely not collect any so-called tariffs on behalf of the US and will suspend the acceptance of postal items containing goods destined to the US.
It noted that regarding surface mail, due to the longer shipping time, Hongkong Post will suspend the acceptance of surface postal items containing goods destined to the US with immediate effect.
Where senders have posted surface postal items containing goods that have not yet been shipped to the US, Hongkong Post made it clear that it will contact the senders to arrange for the return of such items and refund the postage paid starting April 22.
Concerning air mail, Hongkong Post stated that it will suspend the acceptance of air postal items containing goods destined to the US starting April 27.
Other postal items containing documents only without goods will not be affected, it added.
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