Jlcpcb and tariffs

[Big Monk]

It appears that, for shipments under $800, now the White House is now saying that the tariff will be 54% (or the $100 flat fee). Which still sucks and will probably change within a couple of hours anyhow.

Interesting that the article notes that it is the export companies who choose whether their exports are taxed by percentage or the flat fee. I had kind of assumed that the US government decided that.

Mike

I’ll take what I can get!

 

[Stickman393]

So, looks like this is how it will work in practice as far as I can tell:

Any place that bundles packages into a $799.99 parcel from China (like temu, or AliExpress) will now carry a ~12.5% tariff. Flat $100 fee, the package gets split up into separate parcels once in the US.

For individual packages:

Anything that is $185.19 or more will be a $100 flat fee.
Anything that is $185.18 or below will be taxed at 54%

ThE mOrE yOu SpEnD, tHe MoRe YoU SaVe!!!

Or something. Don't quite me on that, but that's what I'm gathering at this point.

 

[Locrian99]

So, looks like this is how it will work in practice as far as I can tell:

Any place that bundles packages into a $799.99 parcel from China (like temu, or AliExpress) will now carry a ~12.5% tariff. Flat $100 fee, the package gets split up into separate parcels once in the US.

For individual packages:

Anything that is $185.19 or more will be a $100 flat fee.
Anything that is $185.18 or below will be taxed at 54%

ThE mOrE yOu SpEnD, tHe MoRe YoU SaVe!!!

Or something. Don't quite me on that, but that's what I'm gathering at this point.

As bean stated earlier makes me want to scream. How complicated does this need to be. And what is the end goal?

 

[Nostradoomus]

it’s a reverse robin hood

 

[Erik S]

Interesting that the article notes that it is the export companies who choose whether their exports are taxed by percentage or the flat fee. I had kind of assumed that the US government decided that.

Mike

Anything that is $185.19 or more will be a $100 flat fee.
Anything that is $185.18 or below will be taxed at 54%

According to NYT today the carriers have to choose either $100 or 54% for their entire business and can only change once a month. So it sounds like they’ll have to choose to cater either to the under 185 customers or the over 185 customers.

 

[Robert]

Automatically applied duties have been lowered at JLCPCB.

 

[benny_profane]

According to NYT today the carriers have to choose either $100 or 54% for their entire business and can only change once a month. So it sounds like they’ll have to choose to cater either to the under 185 customers or the over 185 customers.

Is the carrier the 'exporter'? The text seemed to indicate that the exporter--what I assumed to be the one filling out the customs declaration--would be determining the fee scheme applied. In any case, it seems that JLC will be telling you upfront what will be applied to the order at the point of purchase. That may not be the case with other vendors though.

 

[Paul.Ruby]

Dropped back to reasonable at PCBWay, too.

 

[jimilee]

Looks like JLC doesn’t have the usps option still, though. I guess the no usps china thing is still a thing.

 

[vigilante398]

I got another batch of quotes from one of the domestic PCB assembly shops I talked to last week at the convention. I gave everyone three designs and asked for quotes for 100 pieces of each so I can get an idea how they will land for the rest of my lineup. Then I compare their quotes with what I have historically been paying at JLC to see how they stack up. So far the best pricing I've gotten from a domestic shop has been Odyssey Electronics, who apparently builds the boards for the modern production Rat distortion.

Design 1 - 180% higher than JLC
Design 2 - 390% higher than JLC
Design 3 - 624% higher than JLC

Design 1 starts to make sense if we're still talking about 170% tariffs as the money I would then save on shipping would actually beat JLC overall, but they're still quoting a 7-week lead time for the build, where JLC is typically 6-7 days for PCBs and assembly.