Emergency! USPS international delivery service interrupted!

Recently, an Amazon seller posted a piece of news from the backend - USPS international delivery service was interrupted.

According to the news, the United States Postal Service has temporarily suspended international mail service to certain destinations due to widespread shipping cancellations and restrictions. Before shipping an order, sellers can check the USPS website for the latest status. To change the shipping region at any time, go to the Shipping Settings page.

In fact, since mid-April, news about the USPS's operational difficulties has been coming out. As one of the largest employers in the United States, the USPS employs as many as 630,000 people, but before the end of April, thousands of people in the company had been infected with the new coronavirus, and even more employees needed to be quarantined.

Previously, the USPS said that its business volume has dropped by nearly one-third compared with the same period in 2019, and its net operating loss will exceed $22 billion in the next 18 months. Its cash flow may be exhausted before September 30, 2020, and the possibility of bankruptcy cannot be ruled out. Without additional financial support, the USPS may close before June.

At present, the logistics pressure is so huge, and the logistics costs have skyrocketed unprecedentedly. As a result, the operating costs of sellers have also risen a lot. I believe that these problems will be alleviated as the epidemic is brought under control. But no one knows when the epidemic can be effectively controlled...