Hongkong Post on Wednesday suspended goods mail services by sea to the United States and will suspend its air mail postal service for items containing goods from April 27 due to "bullying" U.S. tariffs.
When sending items to the United States, the public "should be prepared to pay exorbitant and unreasonable fees due to the U.S.'s unreasonable and bullying acts," Hongkong Post said in a statement.
Other postal items containing documents only without goods would not be affected.
"The U.S. is unreasonable, bullying and imposing tariffs abusively. Hong Kong post will definitely not collect any so-called tariffs on behalf of the U.S.," it said.
Hong Kong has been subjected to the same tariffs as China, according to a U.S. government notice.
Hongkong Post said its suspension was due to the U.S. government's elimination of the "de minimus" exemption and the increase in tariffs for postal items from Hong Kong containing goods to the U.S. from May 2.
(Staff reporter and Reuters)
