An unexpected $54 fee caught small business owner Jennifer Scully off guard when a delivery driver showed up at her doorstep. The driver informed her she needed to pay the charge before receiving her package — even though she had already paid for shipping, she told Wisconsin-based news outlet WMTV .

“It was only about $200 worth of goods, so percentage-wise, adds a lot to the cost,” Scully told the outlet. She ultimately paid the bill because she needed the shipment for her business.

Until July, Americans could import up to $800 worth of goods from overseas without paying duties, thanks to the long-standing de minimis exemption. That changed when President Donald Trump issued an executive order earlier this year eliminating the exemption.

The 90-year-old de minimis policy, which all

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