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A ton of small businesses (think Amazon sellers) import from China et. al. This blows up their businesses. There simply is no other cost-effective source.

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For a typical Amazon FBA seller importing bulk orders (eg 1,000+ items), who orders and stores them in an Amazon warehouse AFAIK eliminating de minimis doesn't affect their imports much since they already pay duties.

Direct-to-consumer overseas companies (Temu/Shein style) yes this is a big change.

The big issue I see is how effective the customs can be in handling the new volume they need to handle.

EU has shown that no De Minimis on VAT is not big problem. Chinese ecommerce can pay those costs just fine if the systems are in place. And price is still competitive for customer.

Considering retail margins, even 100% tariff still probably means at least 30% cheaper product.

Makes one wonder if small importers can cooperate to raise volume. Naturally, this can't work for "Ship from China" items.

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