News / De minimis-induced ecommerce demand slump could cripple freighter operators

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The US’s considerable de minimis fee and tariff hike will “cripple the [air cargo] industry”, as regular ecommerce shipments become no longer economically viable, according to industry experts. 

It had been previously reported by The Loadstar, and other media outlets, that countries mulling a change to their de minimis exemption – such as the EU and US – would have little impact on the ecommerce consumer.  

Data platform Rotate revealed back in September that over 80% of survey respondents agreed that ...