Why? Certainly not because of the loss of international parcels. There has to be a reason why no one has mentioned a number of parcels. I suspect it might be because the number is small.
Co-pilot (ChatGpt) says
While exact figures for international parcels entering the U.S. daily aren’t publicly broken down in most shipping reports, we can make a grounded estimate based on overall parcel volumes and global shipping trends.
U.S. Daily Parcel Volume (2025)
- Roughly 67 million parcels are shipped within the U.S. each day
Estimating International Parcel Volume
- The U.S. received 22.4 billion packages in 2024 (The source of this data is CapitalOneShopping)
- While most are domestic, international shipments—especially from e-commerce hubs like China, Europe, and Canada—make up a significant portion.
- Based on industry estimates, international parcels may account for 5–10% of total U.S. volume.
- That would suggest 3.3 to 6.7 million international parcels per day entering the U.S.
If these estimates were correct, it would be between 5 and 10% of the parcel volume. I would say that is unlikely to create major problems for the parcel carriers.