# Is there yet any measurable effect of this year's tariffs? **URL:** \ **Category:** Great Debates\ **Tags:** trump\ **Created:** [August 27, 2025, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-yet-any-measurable-effect-of-this-years-tariffs/1022535 "2025-08-27T16:53:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Mijin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mijin/32/9369_2.png) [@Mijin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mijin)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2025, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-yet-any-measurable-effect-of-this-years-tariffs/1022535/21 "2025-09-03T00:44:13Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > Sitting next to the crate with the Arc of The Covenant, I’m guessing. …while they decide whether it should be subject to the 10% Egypt tariff or 15% Israel tariff ---
**Author:** ![Chad\_Sudan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chad_sudan/32/4509_2.png) [@Chad\_Sudan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chad_Sudan)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2025, 8:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-yet-any-measurable-effect-of-this-years-tariffs/1022535/22 "2025-09-07T08:33:19Z")
Upthread, we touched on the new US customs fees for goods sent by mail and valued at under $800. Because of all the complications and lack of clarity surrounding these fees, more and more foreign countries’ postal authorities – 88 at last count! – have decided to just not accept parcels destined for the US. So in the space of a week, worldwide postal shipments to the US have fallen 80%. > **[Postal traffic into US plunges by more than 80% after Trump ends exemption](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/sep/06/postal-traffic-us-plunges)** > > Dozens of operators have suspended service to the US until a solution is implemented on parcels worth $800 or less [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-yet-any-measurable-effect-of-this-years-tariffs/1022535.md?page=1)