Chunghwa Post has announced that it's suspending the shipment of small
parcels to the United States from today due to the expiration of a tariff
exemption.

The post office said it will stop accepting all express mail service
packages, international parcel posts, ePackets, international registered
small packages, and international ordinary small packages under its service
provisions....and regardless of what the packages contain.

The suspension was initiated in response to the U-S government's announcement
that the so-called "Duty-Free de minimis Treatment" will expire on August 29.

The policy originally exempted customs duties on US-bound mailed items,
including goods, that were valued at 800 U-S dollars or below.

The suspension means mail carriers are required to remit duties to U-S
Customs and Border Protection - and only when that happens, will packages be
cleared for the United States Postal Service for subsequent delivery.

Chunghwa Post says customs duties will have to be first collected from
senders of the parcels and it has no way to collect those duties from senders
in advance or have carriers help pay the duties first.