CBP issued a notice on the indefinite suspension of the de minimis exemption for mail shipments and a new postal informal entry process, with a delayed compliance extension. The notice's text was not available beyond its title, so the effective date, the HTS codes affected and the terms of the compliance extension are not stated here.
CBP extended the compliance date for the new informal entry procedures for international mail from Oct. 22, 2026, to Jan. 20, 2027, a 90-day extension. Beginning Jan. 20, 2027, international postal shipments subject to Section 201, 232 or 301 duties, or within the jurisdiction of a Partner Government Agency, must be filed electronically in the Automated Commercial Environment through the new Entry Type 13 process for informal entry; otherwise formal entry is required. There are no changes to international mail entry procedures before that date, and CBP encourages filers to use the optional Entry Type 13 process during the transition.
CBP proposes in a Federal Register filing published Oct. 8 to require earlier filing deadlines and additional data elements for entry type 11, the informal entry process for shipments valued at $2,500 or less, and entry type 13, its processing approach for international mail shipments valued at $2,500 or less. Entry type 11 filings would be due upon or prior to the shipment's arrival instead of within 15 days of arrival, and would add the final deliver-to party as a required data element if different from the consignee.
The Federal Register entry for CBP's "Low-Value Shipments" document could not be retrieved; the page returned an automated-access notice rather than the document text.
CBSA states in Customs Notice 26-23 that, effective September 8, 2026, certain goods imported into Canada and originating in the United States are subject to a surtax of 15%, 25% or 50% of the value for duty under the United States Surtax Order (2026), with the Schedules to the Order listing the goods and applicable rates. The surtax applies only to goods that originate in the U.S. and does not apply to goods eligible to be marked as originating from Puerto Rico, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, American Samoa or the U.S. Virgin Islands.
CBP issued an advance notice of proposed rulemaking stating it is considering amending its regulations to require greater visibility into the supply chains of goods imported into the United States, including information on the parties involved in importation, technical solutions for tracing supply chains, and foreign export documentation that foreign exporters must submit to their customs authority before export to the United States. CBP says the proposals aim to detect and interdict illicit importations, especially goods illegally transshipped to evade U.S. customs and trade laws. Comments are due on or before December 1, 2026, under docket number USCBP-2026-1058.
The U.S. Court of International Trade held in Slip Op. 26-94, Court No. 25-00091, that IEEPA's authority to "nullify [or] void . . . exercising any . . . privilege" authorizes the President's rescission of the de minimis exemption under 19 U.S.C. § 1321, and that the APA does not apply to the ministerial agency actions implementing that directive. The court denied Axle of Dearborn's motion for partial summary judgment on Counts I and II, granted summary judgment to the government on those counts, denied the government's motion to dismiss Count II as moot, and denied the government's motion for summary judgment on Count III.
CBP states it collected over $1 billion in duties on more than 246 million low-cost shipments since the de minimis phaseout began in May 2025. Low-value shipments from China and Hong Kong lost duty-free eligibility on May 2, 2025, and CBP fully implemented the change worldwide on August 29, 2025 with the elimination of the de minimis exemption. CBP also reports that seizures of unsafe and non-compliant low-value goods rose 82% since de minimis ended for China and Hong Kong.