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639 points CTOSian | 7 comments | 26 Aug 25 17:22 UTC | HN request time: 0.934s | source | bottom
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zaptheimpaler ◴[26 Aug 25 17:49 UTC] No.45029926[source]▶
> importers must declare the exact amount of steel, copper, and aluminum in products, with a 100% tariff applied to these materials. This makes little sense—PCBs, for instance, contain copper traces, but the quantity is nearly impossible to estimate.

Wow this administration is f**ing batshit insane. I thought the tariffs would be on raw metals, not anything at all that happens to contain them.

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1. jibe ◴[26 Aug 25 18:05 UTC] No.45030129[source]▶
How would you handle importing raw copper, vs a spool of 0000 gauge copper wire?
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2. wpm ◴[26 Aug 25 18:10 UTC] No.45030176[source]▶
Differently? One has been processed, presuably for a value-add.
3. GordonS ◴[26 Aug 25 18:33 UTC] No.45030451[source]▶
One is "raw material", the other is "finished goods". This kind of distinction is pretty standard across the world.
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4. quickthrowman ◴[26 Aug 25 19:33 UTC] No.45031180[source]▶
Raw copper isn’t tariffed, #4/0 bare copper wire would be tariffed since it’s a finished product.
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5. jibe ◴[29 Aug 25 16:43 UTC] No.45066356[source]▶
Yes, that was my point. If you only tariff raw copper (which is what the parent thought), you could avoid the tariff by importing lightly process copper (e.g. a spool of 0000 wire instead of bar of copper).
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6. jibe ◴[29 Aug 25 16:45 UTC] No.45066396[source]▶
Yes, I was commenting on the parent poster's suggestion that only raw copper might be tariffed. If only raw copper was tariffed, you could bypass it by importing very lightly process copper, like thick wire.
7. GordonS ◴[29 Aug 25 16:52 UTC] No.45066492{3}[source]▶
Yet another tarrif level is often set on "semi-finished goods" too.

It does seem like these tariffs haven't really been thought through though, so I wouldn't be surprised if "hacks" existed.