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New USA 10% Tariff question when using a freight forwarder in Miami for orders from China
I would only do that if I never wanted to receive anything I ordered while paying up to 10 times as much for shipping.
Trust INPOSDOM? Not with your life, would I do so. No thanks, not happening.
Since they don't get ever get delivered by INPOSDOM, it would not matter how many packages there would be.
You would be hard pressed to find anything on Amazon or Ebay that would even ship here. Unless you paid a ransom..........
Trump plans to treat VAT tax(ITBIS) as a tariff:
Donald J. Trump
@realDonaldTrump
On Trade, I have decided, for purposes of Fairness, that I will charge a RECIPROCAL Tariff meaning, whatever Countries charge the United States of America, we will charge them - No more, no less!
For purposes of this United States Policy, we will consider Countries that use the VAT System, which is far more punitive than a Tariff, to be similar to that of a Tariff. Sending merchandise, product, or anything by any other name through another Country, for purposes of unfairly harming America, will not be accepted. In addition, we will make provision for subsidies provided by Countries in order to take Economic advantage of the United States. Likewise, provisions will be made for Nonmonetary Tariffs and Trade Barriers that some Countries charge in order to keep our product out of their domain or, if they do not even let U.S. businesses operate. We are able to accurately determine the cost of these Nonmonetary Trade Barriers. It is fair to all, no other Country can complain and, in some cases, if a Country feels that the United States would be getting too high a Tariff, all they have to do is reduce or terminate their Tariff against us. There are no Tariffs if you manufacture or build your product in the United States.
For many years, the U.S. has been treated unfairly by other Countries, both friend and foe. This System will immediately bring Fairness and Prosperity back into the previously complex and unfair System of Trade. America has helped many Countries throughout the years, at great financial cost. It is now time that these Countries remember this, and treat us fairly – A LEVEL PLAYING FIELD FOR AMERICAN WORKERS. I have instructed my Secretary of State, Secretary of Commerce, Secretary of the Treasury, and United States Trade Representative (USTR) to do all work necessary to deliver RECIPROCITY to our System of Trade!
Feb 13, 2025, 3:34 PM
Donald J. Trump
@realDonaldTrump
On Trade, I have decided, for purposes of Fairness, that I will charge a RECIPROCAL Tariff meaning, whatever Countries charge the United States of America, we will charge them - No more, no less!
For purposes of this United States Policy, we will consider Countries that use the VAT System, which is far more punitive than a Tariff, to be similar to that of a Tariff. Sending merchandise, product, or anything by any other name through another Country, for purposes of unfairly harming America, will not be accepted. In addition, we will make provision for subsidies provided by Countries in order to take Economic advantage of the United States. Likewise, provisions will be made for Nonmonetary Tariffs and Trade Barriers that some Countries charge in order to keep our product out of their domain or, if they do not even let U.S. businesses operate. We are able to accurately determine the cost of these Nonmonetary Trade Barriers. It is fair to all, no other Country can complain and, in some cases, if a Country feels that the United States would be getting too high a Tariff, all they have to do is reduce or terminate their Tariff against us. There are no Tariffs if you manufacture or build your product in the United States.
For many years, the U.S. has been treated unfairly by other Countries, both friend and foe. This System will immediately bring Fairness and Prosperity back into the previously complex and unfair System of Trade. America has helped many Countries throughout the years, at great financial cost. It is now time that these Countries remember this, and treat us fairly – A LEVEL PLAYING FIELD FOR AMERICAN WORKERS. I have instructed my Secretary of State, Secretary of Commerce, Secretary of the Treasury, and United States Trade Representative (USTR) to do all work necessary to deliver RECIPROCITY to our System of Trade!
Feb 13, 2025, 3:34 PM
Purchased some items my daughter wanted for school. I recieved an email earlier today from EPS. Both of these packages are from TEMU (sent Doral, FL forwarding) waiting to be picked up at my local office here in Santiago. Not sure what all the chatter is about.
Voted for these policies and I've no problem "living with it" 😁No, you voted for these policies, now live with it
Now if only the USA will play fair then everything will be copacetic.Trump plans to treat VAT tax(ITBIS) as a tariff:
Donald J. Trump
@realDonaldTrump
On Trade, I have decided, for purposes of Fairness, that I will charge a RECIPROCAL Tariff meaning, whatever Countries charge the United States of America, we will charge them - No more, no less!
For purposes of this United States Policy, we will consider Countries that use the VAT System, which is far more punitive than a Tariff, to be similar to that of a Tariff. Sending merchandise, product, or anything by any other name through another Country, for purposes of unfairly harming America, will not be accepted. In addition, we will make provision for subsidies provided by Countries in order to take Economic advantage of the United States. Likewise, provisions will be made for Nonmonetary Tariffs and Trade Barriers that some Countries charge in order to keep our product out of their domain or, if they do not even let U.S. businesses operate. We are able to accurately determine the cost of these Nonmonetary Trade Barriers. It is fair to all, no other Country can complain and, in some cases, if a Country feels that the United States would be getting too high a Tariff, all they have to do is reduce or terminate their Tariff against us. There are no Tariffs if you manufacture or build your product in the United States.
For many years, the U.S. has been treated unfairly by other Countries, both friend and foe. This System will immediately bring Fairness and Prosperity back into the previously complex and unfair System of Trade. America has helped many Countries throughout the years, at great financial cost. It is now time that these Countries remember this, and treat us fairly – A LEVEL PLAYING FIELD FOR AMERICAN WORKERS. I have instructed my Secretary of State, Secretary of Commerce, Secretary of the Treasury, and United States Trade Representative (USTR) to do all work necessary to deliver RECIPROCITY to our System of Trade!
Feb 13, 2025, 3:34 PM
Need to bring posts back to the topic...will the "new" tariff have an effect when using a freight forwarder in Miami. How or if this will affect items shipped to the DR.
Most of my purchases are online from Amazon. I look for items that guarantee next-day delivery with PRIME (worth its weight in Gold) and avoid most that do not have ratings.
I could be wrong, but I suspect few things will change.
I could be wrong, but I suspect few things will change.
Amazon, Ebay and other US purchases I don't anticipate any changes unless the DR VAT issue for items over 200 USD comes into play with Trump.
(A VAT is the most regressive form of tax that can be applied, it hurts the lower classes the most, but the government needs revenue from somewhere).
Back to my OP< I was primarily interested in what would happen to shipments directly from China that go to a Miami based DR freight forwarder.
Since they are not for use in the USA, I was hoping they would not get hit with the new duty on items from China. But it appears they will.
the final destination is the us freight forwarders office so its a US address. the fact that the forwarder will forward it to you has no bearing on the address that it is sent to. that forwarding service is between you and the forwarder and has nothing to do with us customs coming in. the shipment is complete when it arrives in the US, so you should have to pay the tariffs on it. the purchase is as though the forwarder bought something from china and they get it delivered. once they have it, its theirs and they send it to you on their own. that is between you and them. theres no dominican address on the package when the forwarder gets it, the forwarder happens to know where to send it because you have an agreement/address with their service.
How does this work? Is the 10% paid in advance by the shipper? Collected upon arrival in USA by the recipient?
Normally the tariff would be collected from the person who the package is addressed to before the package is released from customs. With forwarders representing customers who do not reside in the USA, the forwarder or the consignee will need to pay the charges before the package can continue on to its destination. The consignee will then have to reimburse the forwarder when the package is claimed at the actual destination.
We will have to wait and see how the forwarders react to the US Govt. asking them for money and how they plan to pay those charges so their business model can move forward with the packages.
Wanna bet if the DR will consider the tariff's part of the $200 value for a tax exemption in this country?
If this is so is there anyone here that thinks the Cargo forwarders are going to get stuck with the tariff? And will the package be delayed in US Customs until paid? Bad news all around here. And you can bet we will by paying it in the end............
The 10% tariff would be collected and be due and payable by the Chinese exporter before being allowed entry to a final destination in the US. It does not matter that the goods are then being sent out of the country. The 10% tax is applicable under the Rules of Origin to goods arriving into the US from China.
Note that the 10% deminimis goods tariff, applicable to products under $800 USD has been put on hold while they establish procedures to collect it on the hundreds of thousands of small dollar packages coming into the US daily.
Whether the Chinese raise the price of their products to adjust for the tariff or absorb the increase and decrease profit margins……remains to be seen.
Suffice to say the majority of products currently being brought in by the freight forwarders via the US will not be subject to the tax….for the moment.
Respectfully,
Playacaribe2
The exporter pays the tariff? Am I misreading this? A web search indicates the importer pays the tariff, and thus the concern of then passing on that added cost to the end consumers.
Correct. The importer pays tariffs to the government, not the exporter. Tariffs are taxes on imported goods......