A Latin term that’s been little-known outside the world of customs brokers has suddenly become the stuff of headlines. Along ...

The trade loophole is meant to ease small-scale sales — but critics say it's been abused and gives Chinese firms an unfair ...

President Donald Trump on Friday reversed his decision to eliminate the “de minimis” loophole that allowed packages from China valued at under $800 to be processed without customs duties or ...

U.S. President Donald Trump this week shut a trade loophole that has been used to ship low-value packages duty-free from ...

The Trump administration move to stop low-cost imports entering the U.S. tariff-free is likely to hit fast fashion retailer ...

Opponents of the provision have argued that since de minimis shipments are often not inspected, they have allowed bad actors to import illicit goods like fentanyl into the US. Saturday's executive ...

Earlier this week, Trump's executive orders for tariffs on Chinese goods also ended "de minimis," which allows retailers like Shein, Temu and Amazon to send packages to the U.S. quickly and cheaply.

It became law in the U.S. Tariff Act of 1930, as a way to let people skip import fees for small-value shipments. But over the past decade, de minimis has loomed large: such shipments to the United ...