GSP to the USA working again?

[the-friendly-bookseller]

I've just accepted an offer from a buyer in the USA and she was able to pay and purchase the item, with eBay generating a GSP code, the number ending in the US suffix.

Is it possible that eBay has reinstated GSP to the US, or did this one sale sneak through? Has anyone else had successful GSP sales to America in the last day or so?

[cobwebcottage]

I've had one delivered today to the US by GSP.

[littleluxuries_13 · Accepted solution]

Yes it does seem to be working again, BUT only if there is a country of manufacture entered in the relevant box when listing.

[jlovie]

I had one on 13th June, that was the first one for a while.

[jlovie]

I just had a message from eBay about this.

"We’re reaching out to inform you about selling to buyers in the United States through the Global Shipping Programme. Currently, your listings may not be available to US buyers if they’re missing the country of manufacture (also known as the country of origin). To ensure your items are visible to millions of US buyers, we recommend updating this information as soon as possible."

I do have a few vintage items which I don't know where they were produced.

Also some with multiple origins.  e.g. LP pressed in Germany, sleeve printed in UK.

Also cassettes which just have something like 'manufactured in the European Union' on them.

It can also get complicated with books which look like UK publications but are printed elsewhere.

[adders31]

Every day I expect a new hell in an email from eBay

The 'non essential specific' is now essential for USA sales...

Why is this only happening on eBay?

Why only tell us now?

US sales way down

[4_bathrooms]

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@jlovie wrote:

I do have a few vintage items which I don't know where they were produced.

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I would just select "United Kingdom". The country of origin is used (with the HS code) to determine the US import tariff.

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@jlovie wrote:

Also some with multiple origins.  e.g. LP pressed in Germany, sleeve printed in UK.

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Country of origin is Germany; the sleeve is basically packaging. I import some products that are packed in the UK; I couldn't really state they were manufactured in the UK because they weren't.

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@jlovie wrote:

Also cassettes which just have something like 'manufactured in the European Union' on them.

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I would just select any EU country as the US treats the EU bloc as a single territory for tariff purposes.

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@jlovie wrote:

It can also get complicated with books which look like UK publications but are printed elsewhere.

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If it states something like "Printed in <country>" just state the country mentioned. Otherwise, I would just put "United Kingdom".

[jlovie]

Printed in China is probably a red flag for US.

There's also the problem with old stuff that the country may not exist any more.