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We regret but have to temporary suspend the shipments to USA

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639 points CTOSian | 2 comments | 26 Aug 25 17:22 UTC | HN request time: 0.517s | source
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patrickhogan1 ◴[26 Aug 25 17:43 UTC] No.45029851[source]▶
Why are many shippers still getting everything through? Are they using tech like Flexport to handle the complexity?

Is this a situation where if you abide by the letter of the law without tech it doesn’t work, where if you use software and/or route through nations that already have no tariff deals with US you get your items through?

I just bought (last week) an EEG kit from Europe to US for personal sleep studies. It has similar metals that you indicate. There was no issue in my shipper getting it through. There was no tariff added. There was no certificate of analysis.

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1. post_break ◴[26 Aug 25 17:47 UTC] No.45029894[source]▶
They have teams that are dedicated to handling tariffs and imports. Smaller companies that used traditional shipping now having to jump through insane loops are just calling it quits.
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2. kjs3 ◴[26 Aug 25 18:24 UTC] No.45030345[source]▶
Having bumped into this world via family...even small manufacturers that do substantial portion of their business overseas often have dedicated import/export people, or contract to firms that handle it. It's just smart business. I think it's the scale and the level of uncertainty that the current round of economic chicken has the SMBs hedging.