A number of our American customers have been inquiring about the status of tariffs with the recent announcement by the U.S. government on potential tariffs being applied to Canadian products.
These tariffs are aimed to target three groups of products:
- Alcoholic beverages
- Dairy
- Motor Vehicles
Based on our cross-reference of all of the HS codes that are expected to be affected, we have determined that the products we are selling to the U.S. is not part of that group of HS codes. This means that we do not expect tariffs to be applied to our products.
Because the tariff situation between the U.S. and Canada is still a little bit unpredictable, we can reassure that we will handle this in one of two ways for our US neighbours.
- For orders that have been placed before the tariffs have been applied, we will absorb the cost of any tariffs (if there are any) and continue to ship our products as DDP. This means that any duties and tariffs will be billed directly to us and will not impact the customer.
- If the tariffs create a situation where it is unsustainable or not possible for us to reasonably absorb the cost, then we will communicate this to the customer and either come to another arrangement or allow the customer to cancel their order completely.
We will make an update to our policies if the tariffs end up being implemented.
Based on our experience over the last few years, due to our CUSMCA/USMCA certification, we do not expect there to be tariffs in the future.