Germany's and France's postal services limited shipments to the U.S The limitation was in response to tariffs introduced by President Donald Trump The Trump administration lowered the customs processing threshold to $800 Small packages shipped to the U.S. would no longer be exempt from taxes, starting August 29th DHL, owned by Deutsche Post, temporarily halted deliveries to the U.S La Poste of France will stop sending packages except for gifts under 100 euros DHL attributed the limitations to new US delivery procedures The exact tariff payer and process remain unclear Postal operators in Belgium, Austria, and Denmark implemented temporary restrictions.