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Cake day: July 23rd, 2024

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  • No one has to answer your questions. They can make whatever comments they want. No need to be an ass.

    The tariffs are simply an import duty and they are calculated by HS code and product origin. They are paid by an import agent at the point of import before the goods are released.

    In practice many items sent by courier will not get any duty historically. It depends what, if anything, customs decide to do. I don’t think the manpower exists to look at every package and charge accordingly.

    They’ll just do it for randomly selected shipments, much like only a handful of shipping containers will get customs checks each day. It’s not practical to apply it across the board, so the tariffs will be based almost entirely on paperwork. There’s nothing at all stopping a seller from misdeclaring origin and value on paperwork to avoid duties, but why would they when the tariffs don’t have any bearing on the sellers?

    There was a de minimis exception for anything under 800 USD for courier shipments, but numbnuts got rid of that too.