145% Tariffs on Chinese yo-yo's

Well I suppose the tarriff for me should be less because I am shipping the yoyos from AUS?

That is unless, thwy see thw origin of the yoyos is from China, then they slap the tariff.

I looks like it could be either 10% or 25% if it is classes as aluminium goods.

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Yes for sure, a-lot less compared to if shipping them in from China. Are you in possession of all flying lemon units, or are these still getting machined?

The 145% is the China specific tariff. Everywhere else it’s a flat 10% for the next 90 days then who knows

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OK. So there’s hope for my run at YYE yet.

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Things are constantly in flux and changing so I would say yes. You’re honestly in a better position than most cause costs atm are lower for AU goods than Chinese and UK goods heading to the US. Which is a rare thing. Don’t get me wrong. Everything regardless is more expensive so this is all relative…

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Here’s hoping people get to experience the lemon and things don’t go sour

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There’s one at Cali States being throwing around. Apparently, people like it a lot.

I still hope some can get to YYE @AndreBoulay and @YoYoExpertEric.

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I’m kind of a broke knucklehead, but if there is any way, somehow, that I can help you out, just let me know.

I would think the US would take a dim view of claiming that there were coming from AUS. I am no expert but that has been categorized as ‘cheating’ by the US officials I have heard speak on this topic. Vietnam, in particular, has been cited as a trans-shipment for Chinese goods seeking to avoid tariffs.

That said, I am not sure that they are staffed to make these distinctions. So you may be good.

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He’s adding string and a bearing. It’s not a finished product if it doesn’t have string :wink:

As long as it’s made and shipped as halves Glenn can claim it’s assembled in the AU and that’s enough to run that loophole like any other company

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Value add? Good point :slight_smile:

Even better if he got them raw and had the ano done local

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YoyoFriends second hand prices about to equal the NI SUMMY

This just won’t work.

They won’t be going to the US. I’ll have to see if local stores want them. And Japanese stores.

Kinda done trying to communicate with André anyway, to be honest.

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Andre may be just as confused as the rest of us.

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The tariffs may hurt YYE badly, but I hope not. :frowning:

Someone got trumps number? Got to start lobbying a yoyo exemption

So, maybe I can help with some insight on this as well. As someone who has been going through the basic 25% tariffs for years at this point with our China facility.

This is super intricate when it comes to costing and legal processes, and also slightly differs based on HS codes occasionally. But, that being said, the basic understanding has been kind of this:

  1. If the major definitive item is being manufactured out of China, its COO (Country of Origin) can be changed. For example, if we’re making a Fuel Tank, and all of our Sensors are coming from our China plant, but the Plastic Tank itself is being made in our MX facility, and the sensors assembled to it from there, its COO is Mexico. Even though the sensor technology is more costly, you can’t have a Tank Assembly without a tank. So there are no tariffs on those goods. Now, if we just pass through the sensors as spare components however, then that becomes subject to the tariffs.

  2. Tariff costs (for us at least, what is passed on to the consumer in terms of pricing), are on the cost of the manufactured goods essentially, not the sale price, so basically the ExWorks CN costs. This means the traditional 25% isn’t a true 25% markup because there’s still storage, handling, cross dock, further shipping, and other things that mark that up further usually when it gets to our US facility. So, while the stuff that is just China based that’s being hit with these new high tariffs obviously isn’t good, and quite aggressive, it doesn’t change the overall manufacturing costs of the goods, so it’s not really a true 145% markup from the sales price (still not great by any means, but not AS bad, haha).

All in all, still difficult and frustrating, but hopefully this helps somewhat with a little more understanding. That also being said, we all know stuff like this can also change at the drop of a hat too…

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