‘An important source of income’: Small businesses worry as U.S. ends duty-free exemption

August 31, 2025

“We know that about a third of our members, which is probably very similar to the small business population overall, are using the $800 de minimis to send products to their customers in the United States,” said Corinne Pohlmann, executive vice-president of advocacy at the Canadian Federation of Independent Business (CFIB), in an interview with CTV News Channel Saturday…