MUMBAI: India will briefly droop postal deliveries to america, the federal government mentioned 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 therapy goes into impact.
India’s communications ministry mentioned the chief order issued final month requires transport carriers or different “certified events” accepted 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 mentioned in an announcement.
“Consequently, US-bound air carriers have expressed their incapacity to simply accept postal consignments after Aug 25, 2025, citing lack of operational and technical readiness.”
Because of this, India’s division of posts will briefly droop bookings of “all varieties of postal articles” destined for america from Monday besides letters, paperwork and present objects 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 mentioned, including that “each effort is being made to normalise providers”.
