The other shoe just dropped. CBP released two interim final rules and a general notice today — and the way postal shipments enter the U.S. is about to change in 30 days, with a much bigger change landing this fall.

In this episode of the Decoding Cross-Border Ecommerce podcast, Clint Reid, Founder and CEO of Zonos, and Aaron Bezzant, Zonos' Head of Global Trade Strategy, are joined by Jonathan Sullivan, Zonos' Chief Data Scientist.

They walk through what each of the three CBP releases actually says — the procedural confirmation that de minimis is officially gone, the suspension of the current Qualified Party process, the new "upgraded spreadsheet" interim window for the next 90 to 120 days, and the new Entry Type 13 voluntary test coming this fall. They also unpack the calculation shift (standard duty calculations with stacking tariffs, a ~8.6% average tariff increase per CBP's own analysis, and the return of preferential trade agreements like USMCA for postal), the exceptions that don't fit the interim process (alcohol, tobacco, anti-dumping/countervailing, and quota goods), and what postal operators should be telling their customers right now.

The conversation then dives into the bigger fall change: Partner Government Agency (PGA) data requirements hitting ~50% of postal shipments, the broker becoming the importer of record on Type 13, the 232/301 attestation savings hiding in shipper data, and the pre-collection (catalog sync via Dashboard Lite) and post-collection (email/WhatsApp follow-up) solutions Zonos has already built to handle this without turning every shipment into a friction point.

🎧 If you operate a postal lane into the U.S.—or ship through one—this is the episode to watch before the 30-day clock runs out.

Chapters

[00:00:00] Welcome Jonathan + the three things CBP just dropped

[00:01:23] IFR #1: De minimis suspension, officially rubber-stamped

[00:02:10] IFR #2: Qualified Party out, Type 13 in — and the interim window

[00:04:34] Dad joke: why banks have drive-throughs

[00:05:15] What changes in 30 days: brokers required, standard calculations, ~8.6% bump

[00:06:30] FTAs return to postal — USMCA finally back in play

[00:07:11] The MPF advantage postal keeps

[00:08:53] Exceptions: alcohol, tobacco, anti-dumping/countervailing, quota

[00:11:42] What changes this fall: Partner Government Agency data

[00:13:55] Why ~50% of postal shipments are subject to a PGA

[00:19:25] Broker becomes the IOR on Type 13 — a structural shift

[00:19:50] Solving for PGA data: pre-collection vs. post-collection

[00:22:09] Catalog sync via Dashboard Lite (Shopify, eBay, Etsy)

[00:28:10] Individuals: counter UX and the prepay mobile app

[00:30:25] 232/301 attestations — the savings hiding in your data

[00:33:23] Type 13 is voluntary — but Type 1 means a $33 MPF

[00:36:04] Don't wait — start collecting now