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UPS 'disposing of' US-bound packages over customs problems
Shifting Trump tariffs have created a nightmare for UPS, as thousands of packages from overseas pile up at its hubs while they await customs clearance.
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... Thousands of U.S.-bound packages shipped by UPS are trapped at hubs across the country, unable to clear the maze of new customs requirements imposed by the Trump administration. As packages flagged for customs issues pile up in UPS warehouses, the company told NBC News it has begun "disposing of" some shipments. Frustrated UPS customers describe waiting for weeks and trying to make sense of scores of conflicting tracking updates from the world's largest courier. "I've never seen anything like this before," Matthew Wasserbach, brokerage manager of Express Customs Clearance, said of the UPS backlog. "It's totally unprecedented." ...
As packages flagged for customs issues pile up in UPS warehouses, the company told NBC News it has begun "disposing of" some shipments.
Frustrated UPS customers describe waiting for weeks and trying to make sense of scores of conflicting tracking updates from the world's largest courier.
"I've never seen anything like this before," Matthew Wasserbach, brokerage manager of Express Customs Clearance, said of the UPS backlog. "It's totally unprecedented." ...
#1 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-10-10 02:49 PM | Reply
FWIW: drudge.com
#2 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2025-10-10 03:17 PM | Reply
@#2
thx. I missed that in my scan of prior posts.
#3 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-10-10 03:39 PM | Reply
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