Hong Kong Post suspends goods mail services to US

16/4/2025 12:29

Hong Kong Post said on Wednesday it had suspended goods mail services by sea to the United States and will suspend its air mail postal service for items containing goods from April 27 due to "bullying" U.S. tariffs.



Hong Kong Post said in a statement, when sending items to the United States, Hong Kong people "should be prepared to pay exorbitant and unreasonable fees due to the U.S.'s unreasonable and bullying acts."



Other postal items containing documents only without goods would not be affected.



It said, "The U.S. is unreasonable, bullying and imposing tariffs abusively. Hong Kong post will definitely not collect any so-called tariffs on behalf of the U.S."



According to a U.S. government notice, Hong Kong, a special administrative region of China, has been subjected to the same tariffs as China.



Hong Kong Post said its suspension was due to the U.S. government's elimination of the "de minimus" exemption and the increase in tariffs for postal items from Hong Kong containing goods to the U.S. from May 2.