Comment / DHL figures out compliance more profitable than actually moving freight

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With the 28 February deadline eliminating flat-fee import options, DHL’s 14 January CBP certification arrives precisely when international mail carriers face an existential choice: secure qualified-party relationships, build internal compliance capabilities, or exit the US market entirely.

(What follows is a bit dry, but quite interesting!)

Economics 

The 14 January approval by US Customs and Border Protection for both DHL eCommerce and DHL Global Forwarding divisions (as well as others: the full list of 39 qualified parties is here) signals a calculated move ...