PostNL expects to be able to ship a Large Portion of the Packages Destined for the United States Again This Month. Last Month, The Postal and Parcel Company, Like Many European Peers, Stopped Doing So Due to Uncertainty About A Legislative Amendment.
A Spokesperson Tells News Agency ANP that all business and return shipments can go to the country again by mid-September. This will be done through a “third party” that postnl does not yet want to name.
For so-called gift shipments, which are individuals send without commercial purpose, they can only be sent to the us up to a value of 100 dollars (about 85 euros). PostNL is a still looking for a solution for more exensive packages.
The Uncertainty about packages in the us had to do with a legislative amendment that requests import duties to be paid on shipments with a value below 800 dollars. Previously, there was an exemption for this, but us President Donald Trump Wanted to Abolish It.
Due to the Abolition of the Exemption, which had existed Since 1938, a Large Part of the Postal Traffic to the United States Came to a standstill. The Universal Postal Union (UPU) of the un reported a decrease of more than 80 percent. 88 Postal Companies had completely or partial suspended their services to the country.
“International Challenges Require Great Agility,” Said Thijs Reumerman, Director of the International Mail Department at PostNL. “We are in close contact with our customers. They have leg informed about the new way of shipping, which makes it possible again to send packages to the united States with PostNL.”