If you’re in the US, anyway.
Posted same day as taking effect. Not like anyone might have had something already ordered or in transit or anything.
If you’re in the US, anyway.
Posted same day as taking effect. Not like anyone might have had something already ordered or in transit or anything.
Great… Love this…
Hmm. Devil is in the details. Says suspension of items from Hong Kong and China Post. So we could still order from China if they use other express mail options such as DHL. Of course if you’ve already order via China post then yeah, the hell happens to your package?
So it sounds like the full stoppage is unique to USPS, but there’s a separate issue likely to cause higher prices and longer shipping times: suspension of the de minimis rule. That seems to affect all shipping companies, not just USPS.
The provision on low-value parcels, known as the de minimis rule, was included in a broader order by Mr. Trump that imposed an extra 10 percent tariff on all imports from China.
But low-value parcels from China, which previously were tariff-free, now face not only the 10 percent tariff but also the many complex tariffs on every category of goods that these shipments previously skirted entirely.
Supporters of de minimis have long said that eliminating the provision would increase the burden on U.S. customs officials. U.S. Customs and Border Protection is also the primary agency responsible for carrying out much of Mr. Trump’s enforcement actions at the border.
In an online event in October, Ralph Carter, the vice president of regulatory affairs at FedEx, observed that resources were stretched for U.S. customs officials and that a change to de minimis rules could lead to bottlenecks for shippers.
“If we convert these millions of shipments from de minimis into formal, informal clearances, we’re going to have serious supply chain backups, because there simply isn’t the resources to manage that,” he said. “And so that’s going to affect all importers, not just importers of de minimis.”
FedEx and UPS move a large portion of de minimis parcels, running frequent cargo flights from China to the United States to carry them. Neither company has responded yet to questions about how they will handle the new rules.
– NY Times
I guess it’s a good thing to have new year slow downs in the Chinese keyboard market because this seems to throw a serious monkey wrench into the gears for how the hobby operates. It will take some time for vendors to sort through new rules and regulations. But it does seems that we will see, at a minimum, longer shipping times and a 10% increase on pretty much everything related to keyboards (exception maybe being keycaps from signature plastics, but then again, I don’t know where they buy their plastic from.)
But if customs will be tasked with new de minimus rule enforcement… yeesh. It may grind shipments to a complete halt.
Yep, the removal of the de minimis exception was something I was seeing when the Canada tariff almost went into effect.
A TON of really cool stuff in the low profile KB world runs through lowprokb, which is based out of Canada. So, the Discord had an entire channel dedicated to tariff discussion where the de minimis exception removal was discussed.
Also, my most recent order from them would have likely hit customs after the tariff went into effect, which would have been… fun.
Obviously nothing in the world is exempt from politics, but it’s especially annoying when a hobby I use to escape thinking about things like politics becomes so explicitly impacted where it’s impossible to ignore.
Supposedly shipments have been restored again as of this morning?
And the roller coaster continues
Yeah, this is really frustrating. Announcing it the same day it takes effect leaves a lot of people in a tough spot.
Those posts feel AI generated. Seems like a low effort way to build a “presence” and, in my opinion, hurts the reputation of this business.
I feel this in my bones.