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It looks like vintage TVs and Monitors are getting destroyed on import! Possibly due to this new e-waste executive order that restricts exports, but it appears to be blocking imports too. @thetechknight.bsky.social reported www.reuters.com/legal/govern...

reuters.comTrump orders restrictions on export of critical minerals scrap, White House officials sayU.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday signed an order giving federal officials the ‌power to block exports of old batteries and other electronic waste filled with critical minerals, part of a broade...

6/8/26, 6:15 pm12 reposts33 likes

retrorgb.com

@retrorgb.com

6 Aug

That's happened in other countries too, as customs is told it might be "e-waste". People have had vintage electronics destroyed as a result.

techknight

@thetechknight.bsky.social

6 Aug

CRTs coming into the USA are now getting destroyed as a result recently, thats when I had to go do some diving and discovered this.

Kate - Mac Librarian

@maccy.me

6 Aug

It might actually be due to the end of the de-minimus exemption. The $800 de minimis exemption ended in Aug 2025, so small packages from Japan &EU no longer skip customs review. Every parcel now gets a formal entry and FDA screening.

federalregister.govIndefinite Suspension of the De Minimis Exemption for Mail Shipments and New Postal Informal Entry ProcessThis document amends the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) regulations to implement an indefinite suspension of the de minimis administrative exemption for imports valued at $800 or less arrivi...

Kate - Mac Librarian

@maccy.me

6 Aug

CRT TVs and monitors have been FDA-regulated "radiation-emitting products". Importing one requires Form FDA 2877 with a manufacturer accession number. For a discontinued products, that documentation basically doesn't exist. (at least I dont think it does)