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We regret but have to temporary suspend the shipments to USA

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639 points CTOSian | 1 comments | 26 Aug 25 17:22 UTC | HN request time: 0.357s | source
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ranger_danger ◴[26 Aug 25 17:46 UTC] No.45029880[source]▶
> For example, 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.

I think if the shipper can't determine the amount of copper in their products, then neither can customs.

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1. kjs3 ◴[26 Aug 25 18:35 UTC] No.45030472[source]▶
I think if the shipper can't determine the amount of copper in their products, then neither can customs.

Customs doesn't have to. They can simply decide you haven't followed the rules, and it'll be up to you to prove you haven't or face paying fines/losing a shipment/possible prosecution. And they can decide the playing field: can you be wrong by 10% on that copper estimate? 1%? 0.001%? Good luck.