News / FedEx and UPS add 'China fee' ahead of the end of de minimis

China as economic and political power

17/04/2025

In the final weeks before US de minimis exemption for parcels from China ends, UPS and FedEx have implemented an extra charge for this traffic.

And recent action by Amazon points to a different future pace for ecommerce.

UPS was the first out of the starting blocks ...

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