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  • Cosmic Cleric@lemmy.worldEnglish
    71·
    1 month ago

    “Additionally, the $800 exemption for low-value goods has been removed.”

    I didn’t even know such a thing existed, it’s not something reported on the news.

    So every product will be hit with the tariff raising prices, and not just expensive products getting the tariffs. Yikes!

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    • Quik@infosec.pubEnglish
      4·
      1 month ago

      This is what allowed Temu and Alibaba and Wish and the like to happen (their business model was to send every single product as a single package worth under 800$, leading to enormous shipping times and waste etc., but they don’t have to pay import taxes).

      • dan@upvote.auEnglish
        1·
        1 month ago

        enormous shipping times

        This definitely improved over time. I don’t order much from Aliexpress, but the last two items I ordered arrived in just over a week - a similar time frame as ordering from a US store that doesn’t do fast shipping. A few days in China, then on a plane, then a few days in the USA.