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US plans to reduce the de minimis threshold and exclude some countries of origin will not improve the country’s border security; more staff and better data is the only way to handle the enormous volumes of small parcels coming into US, a former CBP officer has said. 

Todd Owen, former executive assistant commissioner for field operations, told delegates at the Peterson Institute that new de minimis regulation was not the way forward. 

“When we look at the different legislation that’s out there, ...

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