Shipping to USA Announcement 25-Aug-2025

NZPost have suspended the Airmail service we usually use to the USA due to the new 15% tariff on New Zealand goods and technical requirements from the US Customs & Border Protection Agency. This is expected to be temporary - 1-2 weeks.

Any orders during this time will be shipped via Courier instead, with Nutshell covering the additional cost for our customers.

In a statement to RNZ, NZ Post said it was responding "with agility" to make the necessary changes to resume shipping.

"Guidance from US Customs & Border Protection was only recently issued and requires a number of changes for both businesses and NZ Post, including updates to shipment data, duty and tax payments, and how goods are processed for entry into the US," a spokesperson said.

"We've been advised by our main airline partners that due to these new rules they have made the decision they will not be carrying mail items subject to this tariff."

Earlier, NZ Post said there were some restrictions on what could be sent to the US and US territories. This included suspending a number of services temporarily "until further notice", while formal processes around the new US tariffs were being finalised.

The suspended services included sending with economy, economy tracked, economy plus, courier and express. Letters sent via economy letters, and documents sent via express, were the only services still available."

https://www.nzpost.co.nz/about-us/united-states-business-sending

Other countries are doing the same...

https://apnews.com/article/us-tariffs-goods-services-suspension-85c7b36b9e92c0e640dfe2ac418cd907