Temu and JD.com pivot to US warehouses as parcel duties rise
Chinese retail platforms are replacing direct-from-factory air cargo with bonded domestic logistics after the elimination of Section 321 exemptions raised direct shipment import duties.
Temu and JD.com accelerated their corporate shift toward domestic United States fulfillment warehouses and local supplier networks on Nov. 3, 2026, restructuring transpacific retail supply chains away from tariff-exempt air cargo.
The operational realignment responds to federal trade measures that suspended duty-free parcel entries under Section 321 de minimis rules. The previous statutory loophole permitted shipments valued below $800 to enter duty-free, handling 1.36 billion import parcels annually.
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