Avid -Shoppers already feel the pain of the rates of President Donald Trump, who were beaten on all Chinese imports from Tuesday.
Canada and Mexico, countries that were planning the US to hit 25 percent rates, managed to convince Trump to put them on hold for a month.
The same did not happen with China, which exported $ 536 billion in goods to the US in 2022, making it by far the largest trading partner in America.
Some shoppers went to social media to express their frustration about the rates placed on China, and claimed that they might already have been slowed down to the online shopping carts of American consumers.
The most likely explanation for the dramatic rise, however, is Trump who signs an executive order that eliminates a century-old customs exemption that is known as 'the minimis' so that goods with a value of less than $ 800 can enter the US in the US , provided that buyers are sent directly to the individual.
The Chinese export of low value packages rose to $ 66 billion in 2023, an increase of $ 5.3 billion in 2018 while brands exploited the exemption.
Victoria Alario posted a video on Tiktok on Wednesday and complained about how much she was charged for a purchase on Meshki, a women's boutique clothing store.
She had two items in her shopping cart in total $ 304, but the tasks added another $ 101.85 to the bill. With regular old sales tax, her order was $ 441.88.
Victoria Alario posted a video on Tiktok on Wednesday and showed that she was being hit with a duty of more than $ 100 on her order of women's clothing store Meshki
“This let me crave breath. This struck me so quickly because I thought, where did that come from, “said Alario.
On her website, Meshki reveals that his suppliers are located in China, which explains why Alario had to pay an extra hundred dollars for the dresses she wanted.
'I am super irritated because they have the only two dresses that I liked for my engagement shoot. I have been on every website, nobody has cute dresses except Meshki, “she said.
Alario does not mention Trump's rates throughout her two -minute video, so that her viewers have changed her in recent days what has changed.
“It's the rates. If you do not pay it on their site, you must pay it through shipping, “one person said.
Others mentioned that the executive command of Trump has eliminated customs exemption, so that goods with a value of less than $ 800 had to enter the US – provided that they are sent directly to individual buyers.
Chinese companies had increasingly used this rule, known as the Chinese export of low value packages, rose to $ 66 billion in 2023, an increase of $ 5.3 billion in 2018.
Trump's reversal of the 'De Minimis' can be devastating for fast fashion brands Meshki, as well as other cheap goods companies such as Shein and Temu.
In the case of Alario, viewers quickly told her that she was lucky that she was told about the rates by the retailer before she purchased her.
Another woman who was not so lucky went to social media to share her rate account.
Shown: A woman shows her reception from DHL who applied a duty of $ 115 to her order
President Donald Trump stated reason for imposing rates, is punishing China (previously Canada and Mexico) because they have not done enough to stop the flow of illegal migrants and prevent Fentanyl from entering the US
According to her reception from DHL, a global shipping company, she had to pay a duty of $ 115.91 on her order at Crop Shop Boutique.
Crop Shop Boutique, an Australian Athleisure brand, sources and produces his articles in Turkey and China, according to its website.
'So I ordered this package from CSB and it is more than $ 300 and I just received this e -mail from DHL that I have to pay $ 115 to accept my package. I can't. I'm sorry, but I can't afford that, “she said.
And it will not only be clothing that is influenced by the rates.
The US imported $ 146 billion in electronic products from China in 2023, and companies such as Apple and Dell produce a large percentage of their inventory there.
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Laptops, Tablets, Videoga Consoles, Smartphones and TVs are all items that will probably have a noticeable price increases in the coming days and weeks.
Trump's reason for imposing rates is to punish China (formerly Canada and Mexico) because they do not do enough to stop the flow of illegal migrants and prevent Fentanyl from entering the US.
Canada and Mexico were spared for 30 days because they each matched to give a greater military presence to their respective limits to reduce the movement of drugs and people.
If these temporary similarities do not hold and Trump decides to restore the rates, many more products on which Americans trust can become more expensive every day.
Crude oil, gasoline, wood, vehicles, alcohol and products are all things that the American import from Canada and Mexico in large quantities.
