By Ramishah Maruf, CNN
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Hours after the U. S. tariff waiver was waived by the U. S. U. S. Expired on Friday, Chinese e-commerce site Temu announced that it has revised its shipping model, sending all U. S. sales to the U. S. and Canada. U. S. Through U. S. Sellers
“All sales in the U. S. U. S. They are now dealt with through local distributors, with orders filled from the domestic country,” a TEMU spokesperson said on a Friday. “TEMU has been actively recruiting U. S. distributors to sign up for the platform. “
Change is a primary replacement for the platform. Temu, and other Chinese electronic commerce sites such as Shein and Aliexpress, in the past they had used exemption minimis, as we know, to flood the United States of products at ultra basic costs. And while the president of the United States, Donald Trump, says he needs his new costs to assist production to the United States, Temu resolution shows how giant corporations can escape this call and see other tactics.
De Minimis’s lagofol allowed shipments of goods valued at $800 or less to enter the U. S. duty-free. U. S. , skipping lengthy inspections and documents. less affordable reasonable goods.
The vast majority of Shein and Temu products are made in China and imported into the United States, which is why the costs are so cheap.
Temu’s new corporate jargon would possibly appear as if it were in Trump’s alley. But just because a product is shipped to consumers from a “local warehouse” doesn’t mean it’s made in the United States.
Sites like Temu and Shein have been building their portfolio of U. S. warehouses for years to decrease shipping times. Last year, the Biden administration also began criticizing the de minimis exemption, the Chinese sender feeling a transparent replacement of the atmosphere.
Shein began buying products, shipping in bulk at U. S. warehouses last year, said Chris Tang, a professor of global chain of origin control at the University of California, Los Angeles.
Bloomberg reported in February that Temu had to review its Chinese supply chain, asking supplier factories to ship parts in bulk to U. S. warehouses. When those items are out of stock, it’s not transparent whether they’ll remain out of stock for American consumers, or whether the new pieces will be the subject of the costs Trump has put on China.
At the moment, this means that the products produced are reaching Americans’ doorsteps through American distributors. TEMU does not publicly list its manufacturer partners.
Tang said Friday that if there is shortage, Temu has few options. The corporate can renew its products, which would charge time and money. You can start providing “substitutes” or recommendations for similar products in shares or, you can accumulate prices.
Temu has already increased costs last week.
Temu says there are no import fees or additional fees on delivery for parts purchased from local warehouses. On social media, users say the pieces are already sold out.
One Reddit user noted that on Friday, about 60 of the parts in his cart were unavailable.
Some Temu parts are not available locally, another user noted, writing that his virtual cart of more than three hundred pieces has been reduced to two. At the most sensible of that, the user said that additional fees were implemented unless a “local order” totals at least $30.
“Temu left!” What I saw today convinced me absolutely! “They wrote. ” Local vendors, despite the acquisition of safe articles in bulk progress, do not have all those pieces that interested me. “
CNN’s Elisabeth Buchwald contributed to this report.
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