AP communication, Haleluya Hadero
New US tariffs on products made in China are for a wide range of products from ultra -stable apparel sold on online shopping platforms to electronic devices such as computer and mobile phones. It is expected to increase the price to pay.
All 10 % of the additional tariffs on all Chinese products will come into effect on Tuesday, and US postal services have announced that they will stop accepting parcels from China and Hong Kong until they are notified.
The day before, President Donald Trump agrees to suspend threatening duties against Mexico and Canada for 30 days after negotiations on Trump’s demands to reduce the flow of drugs such as illegal immigrants and Fentanyl to the United States. did.
After not being able to grace the same White House, China counterattacked in retalual tariffs in some of the United States, which will start next week.
The huge amount and diversity of Chinese products sold in the United States means that if the resident continues, the price of many inexpensive items is likely to be high. Masu.
These are some of the most likely products that are affected.
Electronic equipment, household goods, car parts
According to the US Census Bureau, the United States imported a product worth $ 427 billion in 2023 from China. Home appliances, including mobile phones, computers, and other high -tech accessories, have the largest import category.
China is a high -tech gear dominant engine, including American companies like Apple, which assembles products in Japan. In 2023, China reported that China accounted for 78 % of US smartphones and 79 % of laptops and tablets imports.
This tariff may affect high -priced items such as appliances, furniture, and automotive parts, as consumers pay in cheap clothing, shoes, kitchen items, or other expensive items such as electrical appliances, furniture, and automotive parts.
Jay Salerita, 43, who runs his own car repair shop in Detroit, has more expenses if Trump promises a campaign to use import tariffs as a tool to promote US production. We expect that it will take. 。
“I knew that the cost would rise. These are manufactured in China,” said Salata, about the probe test light purchased before Tuesday tariffs were enabled.
Low -cost apparel and accessories
In addition to imposing new tariffs on Chinese imports, Trump’s presidential order has stopped a well -known trade exemption, which allows less than 800 dollars to enter tax exemption in the United States. The order remains the possibility that a loophole will be used from other countries.
Trade rules known as “De Minimis” have existed for almost a century. In recent years, the number of online retailers set in famous Chinese, such as SHEIN, TEMU, and ALIBABA AlIEXPRESS, has recently received a larger scrutiny because the number of low -cost items appearing in the United States has increased rapidly. Ta.
Former President Joe Biden’s administration proposed a crackdown on a hole in September, but the rules were not valid before Biden resigned.
Shein and Temu have gained worldwide popularity by providing super -opposite clothing, accessories, gifts, and gadgets, mainly shipped from China.
Amazon, based in Seattle, is trying to compete with them through online -stroking online, imitating business models by providing inexpensive products shipped directly from China.
According to a report released by Congress last week, exports of low -value packages in China have surged to $ 66 billion in 2023 in 2018. In the United States, Temu and Shein account for about 17 % of the discounted market for fast fashion, toys, and other consumer goods.
How much does the price rise?
It is unknown. Under de minimis, Shein, Temu, and Aliexpress were able to bypass taxes collected by customs. However, under the change that came into effect on Tuesday, the analyst said that the shipment of a company from China would be subject to new 10 % tariffs imposed by Trump, in addition to existing obligations.
“Most of these orders are less than $ 800, which means that all or all of them are all involved in it,” said Truist Financial analyst, YouSSEF SQUALI. I said.
Juozas Kaziukenas, the founder of the e -commerce intelligence company Marketplace Pulse, believes that prices on platforms like Shein and Temu are “quite small” and the products they sell remain inexpensive. However, Kaziukenas said the change in the rules is likely to cause delivery delays because the package needs to pass through customs.
According to Squali, new tariffs are also attacked by third -party sellers on Amazon, which imports products from China. He hopes that the seller will eat a portion of the cost and give the rest to the customer, which may have the ratio of the price increase in the mid -single digit. Squali states that other e -commerce sites that host business such as Etsy are also affected.
Temu, owned by China’s PDD Holdings, states that its growth did not depend on the De Minimis policy. Most of the products are shipped from China, but Temu is looking for Chinese merchants to keep inventory in the United States, but experts should not be exposed to changes around the trade rules. He said he could.
In January, China has introduced measures to support taxes over borders by providing tax -free or tax exemption.
What do US retailers say?
The day after the US presidential election in November, Brieane Olson, CEO of Teen Clothing Chain Pacsun, has found a way to go to Hong Kong, meet a factory executive, and prepare a Trump tariff plan.
Despite accelerating diversifying movements with national suppliers such as Cambodia and Vietnam, about 35 % to 40 % of Paksan’s clothes are made in China.
However, Olson said that Trump’s 10 % tariffs on Chinese products were not extreme than the company expected. At present, PACSUN does not plan to raise the price of the product or move knitwear and denim from China.
A toy is another category of consumer products that depend on imports from China. Greg Ahearn, president and CEO of TOY ASSOCIATION TRADE GROUP, believes that Chinese sources that absorb new tariff costs in the short term will absorb new rates.
Eventually, Ahearn said that these prices would move to consumers.
New York’s AP communication writer Ann Doy Innodio, Washington’s Christopher Lugers and Didy Tan have contributed the report.
Initially issued: February 5, 2025 8:40 am EST
