[dharmab]

$800 was set out of desperation. CBP was overwhelmed and underfunded, so the executive increased the de minimis to significantly higher than any other country ti relive their workload. The proper solution would have been for Congress to increase funding to maintain a reasonable de minimis (many countries use around $50-200), but that wasn't happening.

[IG_Semmelweiss]

Spot on. But humans aren't perfect.

So now we have to deploy a less than perfect solution. Doesn't make it wrong, its just flawed.

(The likely result looks like CBP problems from before are coming back, correct? Curious on your take - has demand shifted since the rules were set ?)

[dharmab]

From talking to friends workings in imports and manufacturing, they expect what will happen is weeks or months of delay on most shipments as CBP is utterly unequipped to deal with the volume.

[Propelloni]

800 US $ is second highest, but not the highest limit around. Uzbekistan has a de minimis limit of 1000 US $ (yes, US $)