Businesses will be able to resume sending packages to the US, with Australia Post reversing a temporary halt on some deliveries.

Australia Post’s temporary ban on sending items worth more than $150 was announced in late August and effective immediately.

It was in response to the Trump administration’s decision to suspend the “de minimis” customs exemption for inbound goods worth less than $US800 (about $A1200), and require pre-payment of tariffs prior to items arriving.

On Tuesday, Australia Post said it had done a deal with a third-party provider and the suspension would be lifted by September 25.

“We’ve been working around the clock to find a solution,” Australia Post’s Gary Starr said, adding that the organisation had been “caught in a fast-moving situation not of our making”.

The partnership with Zonos, an authorised US Customs and Border Protection third-party provider, would allow Australia Post business customers to meet the new rules and meant deliveries could resume.

However, the company is still working on a separate system that will allow everyday Australians to send higher-value parcels to the US through the post office network.

Gifts, letters and documents valued at under $US100 ($A150) are currently exempt from any tariff impacts, but parcels worth more cannot be sent to the US.

Australia Post decided to suspend parcel shipments in response to the US changes. Postal services across Europe, including France’s La Poste, Germany’s Deutsche Post, Spain’s Correos, Poste Italiane and the Belgian, Swedish and Danish postal services, also suspended most parcel shipments to the US.

–AAP