The Logistics Of The De Minimis Entry

Mar 26, 2025

We’re still in the early portion of 2025, but we already have a strong contender for Word of the Year: Tariffs. Since inauguration day, tariffs have dominated the headlines with back-and-forth changes happening almost on a daily basis. This has made it difficult for supply chain and global trade professionals to keep up. One of the big changes has dealt with de minimis entries. This was a hot topic at the Descartes Innovation Forum last October where I moderated a panel discussion with customs officials, freight forwarders, and brokers on the proposed changes to the de minimis regulations. So, what is a de minimis entry? What’s changed? What impact is this having on the industry? How can companies prepare for any additional changes? Those are the questions I asked Glenn Palanacki, VP Industry Solutions Broker and Forwarder at Descartes Systems Group on a recent episode of Talking Logistics.

Latest Indago Research Report: Humanoid Robots in Logistics

In a recent Wall Street Journal article titled, “Humanoid Robots Finally Get Real Jobs,” Christopher Mims writes, “As global demand for new kinds of robots has shot up, mass manufacturing and falling costs for components are making [humanoid robots] cheaper to produce. Just as important, new kinds of AI—some close kin to the kind that has upended the priorities of tech companies and governments since the debut of ChatGPT—are animating robot bodies in ways that simply weren’t possible even a few years ago.”

Are you using (or plan to use) humanoid robots in your logistics operations? What do you see as the biggest potential benefits of using humanoid robots? The biggest challenges or barriers?

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