The tariff for small packages sent from mainland China and Hong Kong to the United States will be increased to 120%, and Hong Kong Post will stop sending parcels to the U.S. The White House announced that the tariff for small parcels sent from mainland China and Hong Kong to the United States will be further raised to 120%, effective May 2nd. This is the third time in less than ten days that the Trump administration has amended its executive orders, resulting in tariffs being imposed on small goods that were originally exempt from importation into the U.S. The president of the Hong Kong Federation of Industries, Chuang Chi-hung, stated that increasing the tariff rate at this point will have no effect as the industry can no longer conduct business, with both importers and exporters adopting a wait-and-see attitude.
In fact, when the U.S. increased the tariff rate for small parcels to 90%, the Hong Kong government had already indicated that Hong Kong Post would not collect "so-called tariffs" and would later suspend the arrangement for handling parcel mailing services to the U.S., with the specific date yet to be announced. Meanwhile, Zhang Weiquan, chairman of the Postal Workers Union, pointed out in a radio program today (April 11th) that parcels sent from Hong Kong to the U.S. usually take about a week, meaning that Hong Kong Post may stop accepting parcels around a week before the tariff implementation. Further details will be announced later. A government spokesperson criticized the U.S. for continuously unilaterally modifying policies, causing extreme confusion and inconvenience to citizens and requiring them to pay high fees.
Source: rfi
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