re: FED EX morning rant

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I've noticed that you're an expert at somehow googling incorrect information and then getting on a soapbox about something other people have a ton more experience

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Losers use Google.

I wrote the business requirements for v2 of an app for a multi billion dollar business precisely to handle international shipments that included duties and insurance. I've downloaded and examined the bulk upload spreadsheets for Fedex, DHL and UPS in furtherance of examining different shipping requirements, including copies of passports that need to be submitted for certain countries, etc.

But yeah, I know nothing and will crawl back into my hole for an hour in penance.

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I wrote the business requirements

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And yet you'd actually do better with google.

US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) rules and exemption code 9903.03.11 spells out pretty clearly what is still exempt.

That's actually the basis of the numerous current class action suits against Fed Ex for the exact "error" I've described here. (Which I just thought to look up when another poster above mentioned it)

What would your professional advice be to a business owner that reads:

"When recent trade policies scaled back or suspended the "$800 de minimis" rule, CBP specifically outlined exceptions under headings 9903.03.02 through 9903.03.11 (or corresponding 9903.01 lines) to ensure that informational items, including vinyl records, remain completely tariff-free"

It's spelled out about as clearly as possible like on https://www.whitehouse.gov


Would your expert response be to call them idiots and tell them to just keep paying the tax because you think you may recall differently?

I'm through with this thread, it's starting to sound like a broken record.

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As someone who has worked for both DHL and FedEx on the international side, I would recommend using anyone but FedEx.

There’s a myriad of reasons why but it really comes down to FedEx has zero percent in international expansion. They’ve turtles up and are refocusing on domestic B2B.

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Thanks a lot for the info. I always try as hard as I can to avoid Fed Ex simply because I have more problems of all sorts with them.


However, the information is surprising about Fed Ex international.

Since many EU countries have recently privatized more aspects of international delivery, that a package gets handed off to Fed Ex at some point before US customs has been a lot more common.