New regulations to send mail to the United States

Customs procedures for postal items to the United States have changed since August 29, 2025.

By a decree of 30 July 2025, the US administration decided to remove the exemption from customs duties enjoyed by small postal parcels (consignments of goods of a value less than or equal to $800, or about €690).

For these packages the same customs duty as for other goods is now applied: 15% for goods coming from European Union countries.

What's changing?

• Goods sent to the United States are now taxed from the first dollar whereas until now there was a deductible of up to $800.
• Tariffs are now at the expense of the sender and no longer the recipient as in the rest of the world.
• They have to be paid at U.S. Customs before the entry of the articles into the territory.

Some possible shipments 

To date, European postal operators have not received the new arrangements for collecting taxes. As a result, the Post Office temporarily suspended shipments of goods to the United States “until further notice.”

Pending these arrangements, the operator nevertheless maintains certain shipments not concerned by taxation:

• parcels containing gifts between individuals (of a value less than $100, or about €85);
• mail items containing only documents (including Ready-to-Post);
• the “Ready-to-ship” Chronopost (unit shipments);
• Shipments by Chronopost.