With President Donald Trump’s new tariff plan, your online shopping packages coming directly from China are about to get much more expensive.

In February, the Trump administration moved to get rid of a little-known rule that allows US consumers to avoid tariffs on low-value packages. The de minimis exemption meant that packages valued under $800 could enter the US duty-free, and shoppers — as well as retailers — relied on the exemption regularly, even if they didn’t realize it. Nearly 1.4 billion packages claiming the exemption entered the US in 2024, the majority of which came from China. The removal of this exemption has been paused since early February, meaning Temu and Shein packages have been able to flow into the country without duties. But no longer.

An executive order signed on Wednesday says that packages coming from China and Hong Kong will be subject to tariffs beginning on May 2nd, though the tax structure is slightly different from last time. Under the new plan, packages valued under $800 and sent through the international postal network (think USPS and the like) will get slapped with a fee of 30 percent of the value of the package or $25 per postal item. Ot …

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