India suspends booking of all categories of mail for US
Amid the escalation of tariff war between the US and India, the government on Sunday said that it has suspended the booking of all categories of mail services costing up to $100 to the United States. The move of the government comes after the Donald Trump administration’s order withdrawing the duty-free exemption for goods valued up to $800 came into effect on Friday. “In view of the ongoing inability of carriers to transport US-bound mail and in the absence of defined regulatory mechanisms, it has been decided to completely suspend the booking of all categories of mail, including letters, documents, and gift items valued up to $100, destined for the USA until further notification,” the ministry of communications said in an official release Over 30 countries, including India, have suspended their postal services to the United States, citing that they do not have the system needed to process tariffs and pay them to the US customs and border protection.
