As Trump’s tariffs have gone into effect, businesses like Wyze have started sharing what these new import charges look like in practice.
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Wyze went on to share an invoice showing a duty charge of $255k on $167k of product
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They’re not the only ones. Another small business owner went viral on X for sharing the $2885
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And this business owner showed the jaw-dropping price difference between shipping her supplies to Canada vs. the US.
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Here’s a closer look at the breakdown to ship to Canada:
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And here’s the cost to ship a similar order to the US:
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Speaking of Canada, our neighbors to the north have started adding a
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People are still sharing examples of tariff charges on cheap goods from Temu:
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And higher-priced goods, like suits manufactured in China for this Canadian company, are also starting to show tariff charges:
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Some businesses aren’t clearly showing a tariff charge, and instead, seem to have opted to roll tariff costs into their shipping fees.
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Sadly, some brands, like this lingerie company, have decided to pause shipping items to the US due to the tariffs.
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Even used items that are imported can incur tariff fees. This Reddit user wrote,
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This person noticed a tariff charge on flowers, just in time for Mother’s Day.
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Tariffs are also impacting healthcare, like this person’s dentist, because many essential supplies and equipment are made overseas.
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— Anonymous, 27 in the Midwest of the USA
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— Anonymous, 43, Denver
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“They want it to be the ’50s so badly, and part of that mentality is ‘BUY AMERICAN!’ but we are SOOOOO far beyond that. It’s nearly impossible to only buy American these days. Plus, we’re all in such an economic shit-hole, we can’t AFFORD to only ‘buy American.’ This is what we get for putting a nepo baby ‘billionaire’ in office, and him adding more billionaires to his cabinet. They have no idea how much things cost because they are so far removed from the American people.
I’m afraid of having to raise my prices. It’s either alienate buyers and increase costs, or take a major hit. This is all, pardon me, BULLSHIT.”