The UPU has released its first-ever delivered duty paid (DDP) solution – improving customs compliance and leading to better service for e-commerce customers. Working with the wider postal sector has been key to developing the solution and will be essential to its expansion.
At the beginning of October, the UPU launched its fully-fledged DDP solution allowing users to calculate and collect required duties at origin and remit them at destination. The release came at a critical time – just weeks after the United States suspended duty-free de minimis exemption, which brought inbound volumes to a near standstill as posts and their transport partners lacked a means to guarantee duty payments upon arrival.
The UPU’s DDP solution is fully integrated into its Customs Declarations System (CDS), a customer-facing customs compliance software already used by 176 postal operators. The solution enables postal customers, particularly e-sellers and shippers, to enter the appropriate customs declarations through CDS and then settle the applicable duties or taxes.
Two postal operators already have the solution up and running, while a dozen more are already in various stages of implementation. (....)