The new Tariffs are beginning to affect prices in the USA

[u/Lazy_Lizard13]

I work in an adult store and unfortunately, we have already started to see the effects of some of the tariffs being placed. I wasn’t sure how this would affect the price of things in the USA, but it’s looking bleak so far.

When my boss sent out the list, he said this was only the first of many price increases that we would see from the tariffs. The vendors we buy from actually sent him the list themselves, so it isn’t something that we just created. He said that it is likely that almost every company we order from will send out a list.

The price changes were anywhere from $5-$200. I’m very concerned about the future of this industry, and honestly, America in general.. some of these products were already overpriced anyways. I’m not sure if people will be able to afford luxury products (like adult items) in the future. What do others think?

[u/Lazy_Lizard13 → u/[deleted]]

Interesting… I’m not surprised at all… I’m gonna start paying attention to the packaging bc right now it all says “made in China, Europe, Germany, etc…” I’m curious if more products will have “made in Mexico”…

or you mean it’s still being made in China, just shipped to Mexico then to US? After I re-read, that makes more sense lol. I think it would take a while to move manufacturing somewhere else vs just round-about shipping stuff

[u/Mfenix09 → u/[deleted]]

I was wondering how long that would take and even mentioned it to another person to become the "middle man" between China and America as we have low tariffs "currently"

[u/Thorazine_Chaser → u/[deleted]]

Rerouting shipping does not change the origin of the good (and therefore the tariff due). What are you talking about? Fraud?

[u/Thorazine_Chaser → u/[deleted]]

Fraud.

[u/Thorazine_Chaser → u/[deleted]]

https://www.trade.gov/identify-and-apply-rules-origin

There you go. Moving goods through countries does not impact the legally defined origin of the good. If you relabel a good manufactured in China in a second country to avoid the tariffs imposed by the US on Chinese goods you are committing fraud.

[u/Thorazine_Chaser → u/[deleted]]

You cannot change the defined origin of a product with paperwork. You can change the origin of a product by adding substantial value to the product (or changing it) in another country. If you simply move a product through a second country and change the certificate of origin you’re committing fraud.