- Hongkong Post temporarily halted the delivery of goods from the US, effective from Tuesday.
- The service said in a release that the US was “bullying and imposing tariffs abusively.”
- Parcels containing only documents will not be affected
Hong Kong’s postal service is stopping the delivery of postal items from the US temporarily in retaliation to President Donald Trump’s slew of tariffs.
“The US is unreasonable, bullying and imposing tariffs abusively,” the service said in a press release on Tuesday.
The service added that it took issue specifically with the US government’s decision to “eliminate the duty-free de minimis treatment for postal items despatched from Hong Kong to the US and increase the tariffs for postal items containing goods to the US starting from May 2.”
“Hongkong Post will definitely not collect any so-called tariffs on behalf of the US and will suspend the acceptance of postal items containing goods destined to the US,” the press release read.
Hongkong Post also said that from Tuesday, it would be suspending the delivery of surface mail — which is sent by land or sea — to the US.
It would also stop accepting airmail destined for the US from April 27.
Postal items only containing documents will not be affected, the release said.
Representatives for Hongkong Post did not immediately respond to a request for comment from Business Insider.
