Are your orders from Alibaba being tariffed?
What about Alibaba orders shipped from the US to a US address?
What about Alibaba orders shipped from the US to a US address?
Alibaba tariff
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I have not noticed any additional charges to purchases made through Alibaba or Aliexpress. What I have noticed are adds showing a specific price and when I research that item via the link prices go up. One thing to be careful of are shipping charges not mentioned during the purchase process.
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AliExpress has been integrating the tariffs into the base cost.
AliBaba it is a separate line item.
Both are adding the tariffs, unless the item ships from US.
Alibaba $119.70 CVLife scope
$45.49 in tariffs
$210.66 out the door.
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There are ZERO tariffs on the invoice. I only see import duty.
1) Import duty is charged by the US government. Paid by the importer. In this case, that's you
2) Tariffs are paid by an exporter. Part of their export process.
Your best option is to buy in the US from an importer who has already paid the tarrifs. Shop around.
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As far as I know, tariffs are paid by the buyer, not the exporter. Tariffs are applied by the US govt to items purchased from foreign countries, and the US buyer winds up paying those tariff fees. If the Chinese govt applied tariffs to the US, the chinese people would pay the tariff fees on items that they purchased from the US. That's how tariffs work. People get it wrong.
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Correct, up to a point. Anyone can pay the tax, originator, shipping agent, receiver or buyer. The government just wants the money.
Some exporters are covering the tariff out of pocket. Some are collecting the tariff at point of purchase. Some are having the shipping agent handle the process. Ups shipments from Europe are a good example. Ups pays the tariff and passes it on to the receiver as an additional charge.
But the ultimate responsibility is the buyer.
Should probably mention customs duty and tariff are the same thing.
Some exporters are covering the tariff out of pocket. Some are collecting the tariff at point of purchase. Some are having the shipping agent handle the process. Ups shipments from Europe are a good example. Ups pays the tariff and passes it on to the receiver as an additional charge.
But the ultimate responsibility is the buyer.
Should probably mention customs duty and tariff are the same thing.
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Tarrifs are a government tool to manage/balance local and foreign product competition.
The government benefits (through taxes) from a strong local economy.
If a foreign country is subsiding a company to give them an unfair advantage, tarrifs can be applied (locally) to level the playing field to allow the local company to compete.
In truth, the costs of materials to make the product is likely the same, it's profit margins, labor costs and productivity that differs.
The local government cannot demand money from a foreign company/country, they have no jurisdiction there. By artificially increasing the local cost of the foreign product with a tariff they can make that product less attractive and "encourage" people to buy the locally produced one. Essentially, a tariff is a punishment on the consumer for buying foreign products... basically it's an additional tax and the government gleefully pockets the cash.
Theoretically this is how it's supposed to work... If a local company sells an item for $100 and the foreign product sells for $75 the government could add a $25 tariff to the foreign product to level things out.
Currently in the USA, the government is applying unjustified tariffs (essentially a tax on local consumers) on almost everything under guise of trying to restore production, By all the bragging about the trilions of dollars being collected, it's obviously a cash-grab by paid by the US citizens.
The loss of manufacturing jobs in the USA is a result of business owners looking to increase profits by setting up factories where labor costs are lower. These business owners are the same ones getting the tax breaks.
...just my perspective on tarrifs, feel free to ignore me.
The government benefits (through taxes) from a strong local economy.
If a foreign country is subsiding a company to give them an unfair advantage, tarrifs can be applied (locally) to level the playing field to allow the local company to compete.
In truth, the costs of materials to make the product is likely the same, it's profit margins, labor costs and productivity that differs.
The local government cannot demand money from a foreign company/country, they have no jurisdiction there. By artificially increasing the local cost of the foreign product with a tariff they can make that product less attractive and "encourage" people to buy the locally produced one. Essentially, a tariff is a punishment on the consumer for buying foreign products... basically it's an additional tax and the government gleefully pockets the cash.
Theoretically this is how it's supposed to work... If a local company sells an item for $100 and the foreign product sells for $75 the government could add a $25 tariff to the foreign product to level things out.
Currently in the USA, the government is applying unjustified tariffs (essentially a tax on local consumers) on almost everything under guise of trying to restore production, By all the bragging about the trilions of dollars being collected, it's obviously a cash-grab by paid by the US citizens.
The loss of manufacturing jobs in the USA is a result of business owners looking to increase profits by setting up factories where labor costs are lower. These business owners are the same ones getting the tax breaks.
...just my perspective on tarrifs, feel free to ignore me.
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