As of 18 December 2025, shipment delivery to the United States is available to private individuals by preparing and paying for the shipment on mans.pasts.lv.
To send a small packet or parcel to the USA, register on mans.pasts.lv using your Smart-ID or eParaksts account, prepare the shipment and complete the payment. After that, hand over the shipment at a parcel locker, post office, or to a courier.
per shipment
VAT included in price
In addition to the shipment delivery fee, the sender is required to:
As of 27 October 2025, shipment delivery to the United States is available to business customers who have concluded a cooperation agreement with the Latvijas Pasts.
The agreement may be concluded by legal entities and individuals registered as self-employed persons.
per shipment
VAT included in price
In addition to the shipment delivery fee, the sender is required to:
Parcels and small parcels
Letters
| Type of shipment content | Shipment value | US customs duties | Customs clearance fee – Private customers | Customs clearance fee – Business customers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Documents | Not required | Not applicable (if the content meets the “Documents” requirements) | Not applicable | Not applicable |
| Gift | Up to USD 100.00 | Customs duties are not applied if the contents meet the “Gift” requirements and the value of the shipment is up to USD 100.00. However, customs clearance is still required. | EUR 2.69 incl. VAT per shipment | EUR 2.58 incl. VAT per shipment |
| Gift | USD 100.00–800.00 | Applicable | EUR 2.69 incl. VAT per shipment | EUR 2.58 incl. VAT per shipment |
| Gift | Over USD 800.00 | Not applicable. US customs duties are paid by the addressee. | Not applicable | Not applicable |
| Goods / Returned goods / Commercial sample / Other | Up to USD 800.00 | Applicable | EUR 2.69 incl. VAT per shipment | EUR 2.58 incl. VAT per shipment |
| Goods / Returned goods / Commercial sample / Other | Over USD 800.00 | Not applicable. US customs duties are paid by the addressee. | Not applicable | Not applicable |
| Type of shipment content | Shipment value | US customs duties | Customs clearance service fee |
|---|---|---|---|
| Documents | Not required | Not applicable | Not applicable |
To send a small packet or parcel to the USA, register on mans.pasts.lv using your Smart-ID or eParaksts account and prepare the shipment by entering all required information accurately.
In addition to the shipment delivery fee, customs duties and the Latvian Post customs processing service fee are also calculated. Customs duties are calculated depending on the type and contents of the shipment.
Complete the payment for the shipment and then hand it over at a parcel locker, post office, or to a courier.
Please note that the final amount of customs duties is determined by US customs authorities, therefore a customs duty adjustment may occur.
If such an adjustment is made, we will send the information to your email address, and you will be able to pay the invoice in your mans.pasts.lv account.
If the information you provided about the shipment contents is accurate, such an adjustment should not occur.
Business customers with a valid cooperation agreement may send small packet and parcel shipments to the USA via mans.pasts.lv, and courier shipments via express.pasts.lv for delivery to the USA and its territories, in addition to the already available letter delivery services.
A cooperation agreement may be concluded by legal entities as well as individuals registered as self-employed persons who are taxpayers.
To conclude a cooperation agreement and use the business customer benefits available on mans.pasts.lv or express.pasts.lv, please complete the application “Become a Business Customer.”
Is it possible to prepare and pay for shipments to the USA at post offices and customer service centres?
At present, only letters to the USA can be prepared at postal customer service centres and post offices.
You can prepare and pay for parcels and small packets only on mans.pasts.lv, and then hand over the shipment at a post office, parcel locker, or to a courier.
At the moment, only letters to the USA can be prepared at post offices and postal customer centres.
To send small parcels and parcels, You need to prepare and pay for the shipment online at mans.pasts.lv.
After that, You can hand over the shipment:
US customs duties are not applied to shipments where the content type is “documents” or “gift” (with a value of up to USD 100.00).
However, if it is determined that the shipment contents do not meet the requirements of a “gift” or “document”, US customs duties and the customs processing service fee will be applied, payable by the sender.
Legal entities may not send shipments marked as “gift”, as gifts are not related to commercial activity, including sales promotion, loyalty programmes, or presentations.
The shipment content type “gift” may be selected only if:
The amount of customs duty depends on the shipment contents, the country of origin of the goods, and the shipment value.
When preparing a shipment and entering the correct type of goods (HS code), value, and country of origin, the customs duty amount will be calculated. However, please note that the final customs duty amount is determined by US customs authorities.
For private individuals, when entering the correct type of goods (HS code), value, and country of origin on mans.pasts.lv, we calculate an initial provisional customs duty amount. After the shipment arrives in the USA, US customs authorities may recalculate the customs duty.
If a recalculation occurs, we will notify you by email and issue an invoice in your mans.pasts.lv account for payment of the adjusted US customs duty.
For business customers, the provisional tax amount is displayed at the end of the shipment preparation process on manspasts.lv and express.pasts.lv, after all data has been entered and the shipment confirmed. The tax amount is calculated based on the information provided by the customer about the goods.
By entering the correct type of goods (HS code), value, and country of origin, the system displays an estimated customs duty amount. This estimate is sufficiently accurate to allow companies to plan costs prior to shipment dispatch.
The final customs duty amount is determined by US customs authorities and will be indicated in our report and invoice after the service has been provided.
The cost of shipment delivery to the USA consists of three components:
Delivery fee, which includes logistics and other standard services that were also applicable prior to changes in US customs policy;
Customs duty, which is mandatory, as shipments cannot be sent without it; this fee is collected by the USA and depends on the shipment type and contents;
Customs processing service fee – a fee for our customs processing service. This is a fixed fee applied to each customs-cleared shipment to the USA and is set at
EUR 2.58 (incl. VAT) for business customers and EUR 2.69 (incl. VAT) for private individuals.
You will receive an informational email from info@pasts.lv. Please log in to your mans.pasts.lv profile and pay the invoice.
Please note that the invoice must be paid within 7 days. If the invoice is not paid within the specified time limit, we reserve the right to restrict access to services on mans.pasts.lv and to transfer debt collection rights to third parties.
If the recipient in the USA does not collect the shipment and it is not delivered, the shipment will be returned to the sender in Latvia.
US customs duties and the customs processing service fee are not refunded.
Upon return to Latvia, the shipment must be cleared through customs in accordance with standard procedures, including payment of customs duties and any return shipment fee (if applicable).
These conditions apply to the United States of America and its territories: Puerto Rico and the Hawaiian Islands.
The conditions do not apply to American Samoa, Guam, the Minor Outlying Islands, the Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Palau, the US Virgin Islands, and the Northern Mariana Islands.
Shipment delivery to the USA was restricted due to an executive order issued by US President Donald Trump suspending the duty-free “de minimis” regime for all countries. Read more.
