2026-10-26 11:10 UTC
The reason is sites like TEMU and AliExpress. Those sites flood the market with cheap and sometimes dangerous products. Customs can barely keep up. So the increased fees are both to disincentivize people from buying there and fund the increased workload of customs workers.
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@CameronDev@programming.dev 2026-10-26 11:34
The point of de-minimus (at least in Aus) is to ease the load on customs, so they don’t have to waste time and effort processing tax a few cents worth of tax on thousands of packages. Getting rid of it will probably make the less reputable sellers (eBay) go back to marking everything as a gift.