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Originally Posted by Dion
I boxed up a driver and 3 wood to send to my brothers place in Northern Minnesota. Have a set of clubs that I keep down there and wanted to add some more. Anyway, I get to the post office and the employee there passes on some bad news. She said President Donald Trump issued a July 30 executive order to close the de minimis exemption, a customs tax rule that has allowed millions of cheap shipments everyday to flow into the U.S., for all countries, effective Aug. 29, as part of his broader protectionist trade campaign. It didn't matter the reasons why I was shipping; I still had to pay. I said thanks but no thanks and left with my parcel.
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I believe the de minimis exemption closure only applies to commercial products from small businesses, and personal packages should still be OK?