As is well known, starting from August 29th, the United States has abolished the duty-free quota for all imported parcels from various countries. That is to say, the $800 duty-free allowance is no lon
A long time ago, the only channel for parcels to enter and exit the country was through mail. Under the framework of the Universal Postal Union (UPU) and its international mail agreement, the... View More
President Trump’s tariff policies on imports seem to change daily. Therefore, we will set aside tariff rates for now and instead focus on analyzing the clearance policies for small parcels... View More
Based on sixteen years of research in the US postal and parcel delivery industry, I have summarized three key principles that apply to the logistics industry, as follows: First Law: The volum... View More
The USPS's financial report for the last quarter shows that Priority Mail volume has decreased by 40% compared to the same period last year. This significant decline might seem surprising, but... View More
A recent Fast Company article written by the chief sustainability officer of Blue Yonder, Saskia van Gendt, caught my attention. Van Gendt wrote that while free returns have become a “powerf
Members of the general public give little, if any, thought as to how it is that a parcel arrives on their doorstep or how they can go to a nearby store and purchase a product manufactured in a distant
For years, parcel auditing carried an implicit prerequisite: you had to be big enough to justify it. The conventional wisdom among smaller shippers went something like this �
A recent Fast Company article written by the chief sustainability officer of Blue Yonder, Saskia van Gendt, caught my attention. Van Gendt wrote that while free returns have become a “powerf
Members of the general public give little, if any, thought as to how it is that a parcel arrives on their doorstep or how they can go to a nearby store and purchase a product manufactured in a distant
For years, parcel auditing carried an implicit prerequisite: you had to be big enough to justify it. The conventional wisdom among smaller shippers went something like this �