I work in import/export in the electronics field. The 25% tariff came out earlier this year, they are actually expanding the categories/harmonized codes affected. We ran into issues with hard drives that had China as the country of origin and got dinged, although not a lot due to the value of the shipment.
Someone mentioned cable modems above. I have a lot of experience in the manufacturing/supply chain side of them. The OEM/CM's have their ways around this for certain. Raising 25% will certainly price some companies out of the market, so things are definitely being shifted around. The volume is high and the margin is very thin on these on the manufacturing side so any increase can be tough.
Will we see it in the lakes region? Most likely no. If anything, it would be people trying to gouge.
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