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Mexico Resumes Non-Commercial Letters to U.S. as Parcels Stay Suspended

Mexican officials are negotiating with U.S. counterparts to set the procedures required to restart parcel shipments.

Overview

  • Correos de México restarted service on September 12 for letters, postales and documents that carry no commercial value to the United States.
  • Service is available from more than 1,500 post offices nationwide and the postal operator says prices for these mailings will not increase.
  • Parcels, courier items, books, magazines and other printed publications remain halted until further notice.
  • The partial restart follows the U.S. Executive Order 14324, which ended the de minimis duty exemption so all inbound packages now face duties regardless of value.
  • Mexican authorities cite coordination among SRE, Economy and Sepomex with U.S. agencies and partners such as Aeroméxico, and Sepomex’s chief says Mexico is the first to restore non-commercial letter service after the suspensions.