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. “
The change is a primary replacement for the platform. TEMU, and other Chinese e-commerce sites like Shein and AliExpress, had in the past used de minimis exemption, as we know, to flood the U. S. with products at ultra-basic costs. And while U. S. President Donald Trump says he needs his new costs to assist him in bringing production to the United States, Temu’s 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 seem like it’s in Trump 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. U. S. For years to decrease shipping times. Last year, the Biden administration also began criticizing the de minimis exemption, with Chinese shippers feeling a transparent replacement in the mood.
Shein started stocking goods, shipping in bulk in U. S. warehouses. U. S. As far back as last year, Chris Tang, a professor of global source chain control at the University of California, Los Angeles, has said in the past.
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.
For now, this means that foreign-made products are coming to Americans’ doorsteps through American distributors. Temu publicly lists its production partners.
Tang said on Friday that if there is a shortage, Temu has few options. The corporation can renew its products, which would take time and money. You can start providing “substitutes” or recommendations for similar products in stocks, or, you can rack up 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.
“Themu is gone! What I saw today convinced me absolutely!” They wrote. “Local sellers, despite buying some pieces in advance in bulk, do not have all those pieces that interest me. “
CNN’s Elisabeth Buchwald contributed to this report.
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