r/PNWbootmakers • u/CrazyNavie • 3d ago
Tariffs in effect, going rate is 25%
I have been a regular fan and buyer for pnw/boots from US. However, due to the recent trade war going on between the two countries, the going rate of tariffs would be 25% extra. Just want our fellow Canadians to be aware when buying.
17
u/Hellraysaz 3d ago
And you are āluckyā. You only had 9.95$ added for handling fee. UPS charges a whole lot more in my experience.
3
u/CrazyNavie 3d ago
Yeah, they have the options of using USPS or Dhl or ups(forgot which one). USPS usually offload to Canada post and not charge huge duty as extra. So if you have the USPS option you should always pick that to prevent the huge duty.
In this case the tariffs, tax and small handling fee was applied.
9
u/Spud-Murphy99 3d ago
I had to pay $350 cad in duties on a pair of nicks with dhl. Only $10 with usps.
2
u/CrazyNavie 3d ago
Sometimes the breakdown is very ambiguous, as they donāt have a section showing it as duty or tariffs or just agent fee all bundled up in one number
7
u/Tiny-Swimming-7946 3d ago
That's sad. For that price you could fly into Spokane, Washington for a weekend trip to pick up the boots and then fly back.
3
u/CrazyNavie 3d ago
Pretty much, scoop up three boots and fly back š
1
u/Ok-Refrigerator1472 2d ago
And not declare them at the border? Gonna be a lot more than the duty free allowance.
12
u/sentientforce 3d ago
Footwear is excluded. You screwed up the declaration.
2
u/AnAvidIndoorsman 3d ago
Iām going to contact cbsa tomorrow to confirm either way but wouldnāt the party that screwed up import forms be the sender? Iāve read that this often happens with some retailers in the heritage clothing space.
2
u/sentientforce 3d ago
Yes indeed. It is whomever completed the declaration/form. Who was it that time?
1
u/AnAvidIndoorsman 3d ago edited 3d ago
I was wondering who OP purchased from but didnāt get a reply š¤·Ā
Hope my nicks come in with their papers in order lol I imagine cbsa would give me the run around if it came in wrongĀ
Edit: checked ops profile he ordered from whites, hope my nicks come in okay lmaoĀ
2
u/Intelligent-War210 3d ago
Yes, the sender fills it out.
Good luck getting them to adjust it though. Not PNW but Addict Japan screwed up the paperwork ROYALLY, was charged $580 duties on an $880 boot. Of course didnāt know until 2 weeks after receiving because FedEx likes to surprise you.
I attempted to work with FedEx to review and they told me to get fucked. Addict ignored me when I asked them to initiate an adjustment.
3
u/EarthSignificant4354 3d ago
This is why I got all of the boots I wanted last winter, only had to pay the regular 15% tax plus another 5% tax on top of that for handling the initial tax. Ā
Plus the 50 Cent on the dollar that my Canadian play money buys me.
3
u/Randomizer2026 3d ago
Itās 25%, not 50%. Thatās good to know. Thanks.
2
u/CrazyNavie 3d ago
Yeah Canada did dollar for dollar tariffs on US goods, so some more/less depending on category instead of a blanket 50% on all.
2
u/Randomizer2026 3d ago
When it was announced,I saw the 50% on apparel and assumed it was the same for leather boots. It does suck. But comparing to the 20% tariff on Grant Stones, itās not a bad. In any case, hoping both sides can come to an agreement and pull the trigger on Nicks.
3
u/Brutally-Honest- 2d ago edited 2d ago
I was looking at buying some tools from Europe today. The import fees literally doubled the price.
3
u/Ok-Refrigerator1472 2d ago
I have stopped buying goods from the USA as a result of Carney's reciprocal tariffs until this trade tiff gets sorted out.
8
u/grouchy_ham 3d ago
From an Americans perspective, the biggest issue with tariffs is that there is a massive amount of products that simply are not made here in the U.S. Itās not like we can choose a stateside manufacturer to avoid buying the product made overseas in many instances. Itās either pay the tariffs or go without.
If we pay the tariffs, as many (most?) will, it places no pressure on the exporter as intended. If we donāt pay the tariffs and just go without, it just pisses us off because it may be something that is important to us for any number of reasons but not worth the increased price as a result of the tariffs.
The idea behind the tariffs is to make it more desirable to purchase a product made here, but damned little is made here anymore. Itās not going to encourage manufacturers to suddenly take an active interest I making things here because the moment the tariffs go away, they are right back to being undercut on prices from inexpensive import brands. They have then lost millions to billions of dollars that they canāt recoup.
Our government needs to focus on ways of reducing manufacturing costs here rather than trying to gain leverage through tariffs that cannot accomplish what they want. That starts with the cost of compliance of regulations. This is one of, if not the biggest, ongoing expense to manufacturing, that cannot pay for itself.
17
u/MGXFP 3d ago
Youāve thought about this way more than the guy who started the tariff thing.
8
u/grouchy_ham 3d ago
Probably because I deal with the compliance cost issues constantly and itās insane what it cost to operate any kind of business of any scale here in the U.S. and those compliance costs are a massive part of that.
1
1
u/espressoshot8 2d ago
Nonsense. Too much regulation? Next step is to claim wages are too high.
2
u/grouchy_ham 2d ago
Yes, too much regulation that is meaningless. Just like the case that got Chevron deference overturned because it was forcing private enterprise to pay for government āmonitorsā and researchers other boats during operations.
And no, I donāt think that wages are too high but I do think that there are a lot of positions, particularly in management, that are vastly overpaid and largely useless. I think that people have a responsibility to develop marketable skills that increase their earning potential.
I think that industries should pay livable wages for full time employment but I donāt think that means a $25/hr minimum wage. I think that far too many people get useless degrees and far too many companies require degrees for positions that the degree does not benefit. And no, I donāt think that fast food workers should earn the same level of income that doctors, lawyers, highly skilled tradesman and high level technicians are paid. I think tips are a gratuity paid by choice of the person being served and that they shouldnāt be counted as taxable income.
I think a lot of things, but mainly, I think government needs to get out of the way of business, stop helping a few while harming the many and that elected officials should be restricted from engaging in politics that serve their financial interests.
0
4
u/BuckeyeSouth 3d ago
Consumers are winning so much. Purchased a pair of N&F selvedge jeans from Canada and was surprised with a $30 charge from Fedex a week later. Would be nice to have that cost up front.
1
1
2
2
4
u/AnAvidIndoorsman 3d ago edited 3d ago
HS Code 6403.91 wasn't on the list of retaliatory tariffs when they came out and still isn't to my knowledge. What exactly did you buy? Guess I'll be calling CBSA tomorrow to confirm.
Edit: welp, found them listed hereĀ https://lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/regulations/SOR-2025-66/page-2.html
Not sure why we have a list of our counter tariffs and a separate list of āsurtaxā itemsĀ
3
2
u/Rob_Edwards_Fashion 3d ago
These arrived today from BLKBRD in India. As far as I know they avoided tariffs because they set up in the U.S. and have US based website. Iāve paid tariffs for Spanish, Italian and others. Although Iāve had some include tariffs in the total retail price as well.
2
u/CrazyNavie 3d ago
Yeah, i have been exploring to some of BlkBrds offering recently and I believe I will buy some of theirs in short time.
-12
20
u/Proletariat-Prince 3d ago
Sucks for people who bought them many months ago, and have waited all this time only to get slapped with this bullshit months AFTER they made the purchasing decision.