<div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Late last week, Sydonie Baldissera started hearing "whispers" that Australia Post was about to </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/australia-post-united-states-usa-parcel-suspension-donald-trump-tariff/52615197-11c5-4e00-98f0-d0f576ba7159" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" title="halt all deliveries to the US."><span>halt all deliveries to the US.</span></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>A small business owner from Adelaide, she'd suspected something like that might happen soon.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>A number of import rules and tariffs imposed by US President Donald Trump are set to change later this week, including the suspension of the De Minimis exemption for inbound goods below $US800 ($1233) and requiring the pre-payment of tariffs before an item's arrival in the US.</span></div></div><div><div id="adspot-mobile-medium"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/porepunkah-victoria-police-shooting-live-updates-latest-news-headlines/7dcdf6e1-5c00-4554-8d22-cc74f2e1f007" rel="" target="" title="Two police officers dead, one injured in shooting"><strong><span>Two police officers dead, one injured in shooting</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>And the timing couldn't have been worse for Baldissera.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>She'd just restocked a popular collection from her stationery and accessories brand </span><a href="https://thequirkycupcollective.com.au/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" title="The Quirky Cup Collective"><span>The Quirky Cup Collective</span></a><span> and US orders were flooding in.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Watching them stack up, she knew she only had two options.</span></div></div><div><div class="OUTBRAIN" data-reactroot="" data-src="//www.9news.com.au/national/australia-post-usa-shipping-suspension-donald-trump-tariff-small-business-exclusive/220844cc-9713-4149-8589-03e5676b2d15" data-widget-id="AR_5"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"We could either ship out orders immediately, or cancel and refund all the US orders to avoid tariffs or shipping headaches," she told 9news.com.au.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"Usually we'd offer to hold customer parcels or issue store credits, but that would have been a nightmare to navigate as those orders would have been subject to tariffs if sent at a later date."</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>So Baldissera and several of her staff gave up a huge chunk of their weekend to package and ship every single US order by Monday morning.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/porepunkah-victoria-police-officer-shooting-at-rural-property/fdd5dcce-fb0f-4c32-9d6a-2910db764fe7" target="_blank"><strong><span>Two police officers killed, one injured in shooting on rural Victorian property</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>As soon as those orders were posted, Baldissera suspended shipping to the US on The Quirky Cup Collective website.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Less than 24 hours later, Australia Post announced it was suspending deliveries to the United States and Puerto Rico until further notice.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Baldissera hopes to reopen shipping to her US customers in the near future but has to find a way around the costly new US tariffs first.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Current advice indicates that sellers, including Australian small businesses like Baldissera's, will have to foot the bill for US import tariffs.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>But that's a cost she can't afford to take on right now.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"I'm currently doing what I can to figure out our next steps," she said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"The goal is turn shipping to the US back on so our US customers have the option to buy, but it's just setting up the backend to facilitate the changes and either waiting for Australia Post to turn [shipping to] the US back on, or looking into another carrier."</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/iran-orchestrated-at-least-two-antisemitic-attacks-in-australia-anthony-albanese-says/d0cede9a-6c94-4f68-b86d-29099be3f514" target="_blank"><strong><span>Iran orchestrated at least two antisemitic attacks on Australian soil, PM says</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The Quirky Cup Collective is already feeling the sting of losing its US customers.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Since turning off US shipping, Baldissera has noticed a "definite decrease" in daily sales.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>It's hard to say how much this move will affect her business long-term but she confessed it has been a scary situation for many small businesses to navigate.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Especially those that aren't as established as The Quirky Cup Collective.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"I think it would have had a huge effect in my first year of business," Baldissera said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"I don't know if it would have shut me down, but it would have 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