New duties

[Tradd]

This needed to be broken out on its own. The Canadian/Mx duties are easy enough to understand, but the China ones are in top of existing from Trump’s first term.

They go into effect Tuesday. 25% on everything from Canada/MX, except for Canadian energy. Additional 10% for China ON TOP of the current 25% in effect since 2018 (some items were 7.5% so now 17.5%). Items such as smartphones, computers, and toys that were exempted from the China duties in 2018 are subject to this 10%. This is on top of whatever standard duty is.

A lot of articles are missing this about the China duties.

[Tybee]

This needed to be broken out on its own. The Canadian/Mx duties are easy enough to understand, but the China ones are in top of existing from Trump’s first term.

They go into effect Tuesday. 25% on everything from Canada/MX, except for Canadian energy. Additional 10% for China ON TOP of the current 25% in effect since 2018 (some items were 7.5% so now 17.5%). Items such as smartphones, computers, and toys that were exempted from the China duties in 2018 are subject to this 10%. This is on top of whatever standard duty is.

A lot of articles are missing this about the China duties.

Thank you, this is really clear.

[Tradd]

And something else: the $800 exemption for personal shipments before duty kicked in is going away for stuff shipped from China. ANY shipments you order from Temu and the like SHIPPED DIRECTLY FROM CHINA will now be subject to duties. Unsure when it goes into effect.

[Rogar]

One would guess that things will cost more and Americans would cry foul after it being the main issue of the election. But we're living in strange times. I can start to grasp some false twisted logic about Mexico and China, but Canada!?

[Tradd]

Yes, I totally agree hitting Canada is messed up.

[Tradd]

Check country of origin on stuff you use. Bet you’ll be surprised.

You might be surprised what is made in MX. Three items I use daily: Nivea crème, Eucerin crèam (tube), Scott toilet paper. All made in Mx.

[flowerseverywhere]

Aren’t many car/truck parts made in Canada and Mexico? This will hit almost all Americans. And food, not just avocados.

thank you Tradd for your info. Hopefully, since you have a front row seat you can keep us updated

[Tradd]

Aren’t many car/truck parts made in Canada and Mexico? This will hit almost all Americans. And food, not just avocados.

thank you Tradd for your info. Hopefully, since you have a front row seat you can keep us updated

Yes, the auto industry is truly the entire continent, not just the US.

I will definitely keep you updated. I will have to work this afternoon from home. Have some customs clearances for shipments coming from China, arriving in the USA the next few days that I need to do the customs clearances on. We have ONE business day to get ready for this and I will be dealing with customers tomorrow. We can’t clear anything earlier than five days before arrival for ocean shipments. CBP took a really dim view in 2018 when people tried to clear stuff earlier than they should.

[Tradd]

I spent 5 hours after getting home from church pushing through customs clearances I would have done later in the week. I had 15 for one customer (thankfully they were very quick) and 3 for another. Had another 3 that were for another customer. I left 2 undone as they're longer and my brain is mush.

[ToomuchStuff]

Thanks for the heads up, it pushed me to go ahead and order something I have been waiting on, as a competitor had it for less but has been out of stock for more then a year. There was only three left, so I went ahead and jumped (nearest in stock competitor was just shy of $100 more).