Wednesday, August 8th 2018
PC Hardware to Get Pricier Stateside as 25% Import Tariffs Take Effect Late-August
The ongoing US-China trade-war is going to jack up prices of PC hardware and other electronics products made in China (PRC). This will also affect prices of products made by American companies that are manufactured in China. A new tranche of goods and services prescribes a 25 percent import tariff on "electronic integrated circuits: processors and controllers," "electronic integrated circuits: memories," "electronic integrated circuits: amplifiers," "electronic integrated circuits: other," which about covers all PC hardware. This tariff takes effect on August 23, 2018.
A component costing $100 at a US port, could be inflated to $125 before Federal and State taxes are applied, not to mention costs of the rest of the supply-chain, leading up to your retailer and their margins. Not all PC hardware is made in China. Goods imported from Taiwan (ROC), South Korea, Japan, the Philippines, Thailand, Singapore, and Malaysia (the other known countries where PC hardware is manufactured), remains unchanged. China remains America's biggest source of electronics imports.
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Source:
CNN
A component costing $100 at a US port, could be inflated to $125 before Federal and State taxes are applied, not to mention costs of the rest of the supply-chain, leading up to your retailer and their margins. Not all PC hardware is made in China. Goods imported from Taiwan (ROC), South Korea, Japan, the Philippines, Thailand, Singapore, and Malaysia (the other known countries where PC hardware is manufactured), remains unchanged. China remains America's biggest source of electronics imports.
194 Comments on PC Hardware to Get Pricier Stateside as 25% Import Tariffs Take Effect Late-August
I wonder if the price hikes will be immediate (kind of like a few years ago when there was an explosion at a gas refinery somewhere up here in the northern MN/WI area and gas prices almost immediately went up $.50 once the news broke) or if it will trickle in.....?
As others have pointed out this will lead to a reshuffling of where we source our equipment. Obviously price will be a barrier but I rather spend a little extra on better quality than dealing with chintzy crap.
And no, I voted for neither and went 3rd party.
It's already been proven that we prefer it cheap over 'some misplaced idea of quality'. China can make it all and it does. Most of the time even from the very same factory and by the same hands. Besides its not like the US is all big on high quality, quite the opposite. Just look at cars for a good example. There is a good reason they barely get exported and it really isn't just because they're too big and wasteful.
Just follow the money...
I should build that new computer soon either way before another mining craze takes over and pushes video card prices past what tarrifs would add ;)
Anyway, in my opinion if the prices rise in the US some of it will reflect on EU as well and I don't see the benefit of these taxes in the long run.
trog
Russias warfare is cyber, manipulation, and settling for new status quo like they tried in Georgia and Ukraine. And preferably away from too much attention. And the West just counters that with economic sanctions that constantly force Putin to action to keep his oligarch friends as allies. Meanwhile Russia is bleeding wealth for some insignificant patches of land and half successes on their covert ops.