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Can this be circumvented if it got sent to Australia first and from there to the States? Obviously, there is an additional cost. Or is Australia going to get ha
by robotapertama 1y ago
Can this be circumvented if it got sent to Australia first and from there to the States? Obviously, there is an additional cost. Or is Australia going to get hammered with 145% tariffs?
- galaxy_gas 1y agoManufactured or assembled in China = 145% doesn't matter pass through where))
- cantrecallmypwd 1y agoCould be interpreted as smuggling or customs fraud.
- kalleboo 1y agoOn the customs form, you're supposed to specify "country of origin". Tariffs are based on where the item was created, not just where it went in the mail box. Things get more complicated when they are built with parts from various countries.
- Spooky23 1y agoThere’s lots of loopholes. The federal govnerment has some to allow the government to buy things like Lenovo computers.
- sircastor 1y agoYes, but it's essentially fraud. The common term is "Origin washing." You have to declare the origin of the shipment, and the exception is that it goes through "substantial transformation." If you were to buy a bunch of components from China, have them shipped to Australia and assembled there, then shipped to the US, you would pay the tariff applied to Australia, not China. Of course, you probably are paying some sort of import tax when the components make their way into Australia too.