[joefranklinsrs]

I think there are two answers to that. The first is you are a small time player. The medium to big players do have to abide by the tariffs. And what they do is shift the factories and supply lines to other countries or back to US. The cost to consumers will be the same - for the company, it is a large upfront asset purchases that depreciates over time, and expense reduction over time.

The second is US is introducing a bill to have USPS start collecting electronics information on merchandises so customs inspectors can screen parcels for fentenyl and others. If your customers didn’t declare your goods correctly, and didn’t pay the tariff, the goods might be detained or disposed. Which would then mean troubles for you and your customers. Your customers might buy from other vendors after figuring out that buying from China isn’t worth the hassle

[Taniwha]

I think it's more that the tariffs apply to the US importers, not to the manufacturers (unless they are the same people) - when you buy something from me (or Aliexpress for that matter) you are the importer, when you buy an iPhone Apple is the importer