How to Avoid a Huge Customs Bill on a Cheap Online Order
The de minimis exemption — which previously allowed all shipments under $800 to enter the US without additional fees — ended on May 2 for packages from China and Hong Kong. (For now, this exemption remains in place for other countries.) You may have seen some of the eye-popping customs bills posted by shoppers across Reddit and TikTok over the past couple of weeks.
Wirecutter also received one of these bills, which turned a $56 ukulele purchased from a Germany-based company into a $158 ukulele because it was made in China and shipped to the US from Canada.
