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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: 0.205s | source
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tritipsocial ◴[26 Aug 25 19:02 UTC] No.45030772[source]▶
Let's do the math for a raspberry pi sized board:

Dimensions: 85 mm x 56 mm

Area: 4760 mm^2 or 7.38 in^2

Copper: 4 x 1oz layers

Copper Weight: 0.205 oz = 0.013lb

Copper price: 0.013 * $4.50/lb = $0.0585

And that doesn't include the copper removed by etching. So if they paid a 6c tariff on each raspberry pi board, they'd be overpaying.

Can they generate a certificate claiming each board contains no more than this amount of copper, overpay the tariff by a few pennies, and carry on?

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1. TZubiri ◴[26 Aug 25 19:21 UTC] No.45031006[source]▶
It was easiest to do some napkin math than throwing their hands in the air and writing a blog post.

I suspect this is more about politics than it is about international trade. If you've ever done imports you know that there's a substantial amount of paperwork and compliance, demanding that products state their composition doesn't seem extraordinary at all. Maybe OP should try consulting what regulations food exporters must follow.