MUMBAI: India will quickly droop postal deliveries to the USA, the federal government stated on Saturday (Aug 23), citing confusion stemming from tariffs imposed by President Donald Trump.
The transfer comes lower than per week earlier than the Trump administration’s resolution to strip sure low-value parcels of their duty-free remedy goes into impact.
India’s communications ministry stated the chief order issued final month requires transport carriers or different “certified events” authorised by US authorities to gather and remit the tariff duties.
However “a number of essential processes referring to the designation of ‘certified events’ and mechanisms for obligation assortment and remittance stay undefined”, the ministry stated in an announcement.
“Consequently, US-bound air carriers have expressed their lack of ability to just accept postal consignments after Aug 25, 2025, citing lack of operational and technical readiness.”
In consequence, India’s division of posts will quickly droop bookings of “all varieties of postal articles” destined for the USA from Monday besides letters, paperwork and reward gadgets of as much as US$100 in worth.
“These exempt classes will proceed to be accepted and conveyed to the USA, topic to additional clarifications from CBP and USPS,” the ministry stated, including that “each effort is being made to normalise providers”.
